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TRANSATLANTIC NEWS

27 Jul

Chapter News

Recovery fund: ministers welcome assessment of four more national plans

Economy and finance ministers today welcomed the assessment of national recovery and resilience plans for Croatia, Cyprus, Lithuania and Slovenia. The Council will adopt its implementing decisions on the approval of these plans by written procedure shortly after the informal ministers’ meeting held today. Following the formal adoption of the decisions, this second batch of member states will be able to use the facility’s funds to foster their economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. All four member states requested pre-financing from their allocated...

27 Jul

Chapter News

EU invests €122 million in innovative projects to decarbonise the economy

For the first time since the creation of the Innovation Fund, the European Union is investing €118 million into 32 small innovative projects located in 14 EU Member States, Iceland and Norway. The grants will support projects aiming to bring low-carbon technologies to the market in energy intensive industries, hydrogen, energy storage and renewable energy. In addition to these grants, 15 projects located in 10 EU Member States and Norway will benefit from project development assistance worth up to €4.4...

27 Jul

Chapter News

ECB | After the crisis: Economic lessons from the pandemic

Blog post by Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB | 27 July 2021 | With the complete reopening of the economy in sight, what Europe needs to emerge stronger from the pandemic will change. We will have to shift from offsetting lost income to adding new income, and from preserving productive capacity to reallocating capital and labour towards sectors with more favourable opportunities. Whether we will succeed depends on how we reform the way in which the...

26 Jul

Chapter News

IMF | Cryptoassets as National Currency? A Step Too Far

New digital forms of money have the potential to provide cheaper and faster payments, enhance financial inclusion, improve resilience and competition among payment providers, and facilitate cross-border transfers. But doing so is not straightforward. It requires significant investment as well as difficult policy choices, such as clarifying the role of the public and private sectors in providing and regulating digital forms of money. Some countries may be tempted by a shortcut: adopting cryptoassets as national currencies. Many are indeed secure, easy...

26 Jul

Chapter News

Delivering the European Green Deal

Making Europe the first climate neutral continent in the world is our goal. On July 14, the European Commission adopted a broad set of proposals to make the EU’s climate, energy, transport, and taxation policies fit for reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels. These proposals aim to make all sectors of the EU’s economy fit to meet this challenge. They set the EU on a path to reach its climate targets...

26 Jul

Chapter News

EACCNY Country Highlight: The Republic of KOSOVO

EACC New York is inviting European countries, member states and non-member states, to share some fun facts about their country with the EACC network to showcase their home country’s cultural beauty, economic strengths, and their role in transatlantic trade & investment. Today, we present a profile for the REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO. A quick fun fact about your country: Kosovo is the newest and youngest country in Europe, with 70% of its population under the age of 35, and an average age of...

UPCOMING EACC EVENTS

22 Sep

Patentability of AI Driven Inventions: The Push for Legislature to Play Catch up

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used more and more to develop new inventions without human aid. But as AI capabilities increase at a rapid pace, patent offices and business leaders around the world face a changing landscape.

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PARTNER EVENTS

29 Jul

Webinar | The NY HERO Act: What Employers Need to Know to be Compliant

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

In this program, Littler's experts will walk you through the employer requirements under the New York Health and Essential Rights Act, or NY HERO Act, which amends the New York Labor Law (NYLL) by adding two new sections in an effort to prevent occupational exposure to an airborne infectious disease.

03 Aug

Webinar | Cybersecurity Outsourcing: Industry Insights and Contracting Considerations

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

Hosted by Faegre Drinker | The amount of data that organizations and companies process is constantly increasing, and so are the cybersecurity laws and regulations governing how that data can and should be used, stored and protected. For those businesses looking to outsource some of their cybersecurity functions, a number of considerations are critical.

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MEMBER NEWS

27 Jul

Member News

RavenPack | News Analytics Data Can Help Forewarn of Market Risks

Traditionally used by hedge funds to drive alpha-generating strategies, news analytics data also has applications for assessing financial market risks, as the deep dive into the research below shows. Before ordering in the Moet it’s always a good idea to make sure your back is covered, and as every professional money manager knows, an accurate assessment of the potential downside to any given position is an integral part of the job, especially in the current regulatory climate. The investment game is...

27 Jul

Member News

TABS Inc. | Affordable Health Insurance for Expats in the U.S.

TABS entered a unique collaboration to give access to affordable health insurance for expats, offering our network many advantages if you join through TABS! Many European start-ups that are expanding to the U.S. are hoping to offer great health insurance to their future hires. They often aim to offer health benefits that are similar to the European head office and use these great benefits as a selling point to attract new talent for their U.S. subsidiary. However, what many start-ups...

26 Jul

Member News

Arendt | The new EU AML-CFT package

A new anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing (“AML-CFT”) package was published by the European Commission on Tuesday 20 July 2021. Link to package here This package aims to further enhance the existing EU AML-CFT framework by taking into account new and emerging challenges linked to technological innovation (including virtual currencies, more integrated financial flows in the Single Market and the global nature of terrorist organisations). It also aims to harmonise this framework. The package is composed of the following legislative...

26 Jul

Member News

Steptoe | Poaching: The Biden Executive Order and Employment Restrictions in Europe

Introduction No-poach and wage-fixing agreements - arrangements between companies seeking to prevent or limit the hiring of each other’s employees, or to suppress the wages and/or benefits of their respective current employees are not only currently under the spotlight in the US, but have also been subject to scrutiny by antitrust authorities in the European Union (EU), albeit to a more limited degree. These antitrust infringement decisions have mostly been taken by EU Member State national competition authorities (NCAs), rather...

23 Jul

Member News

Osborne Clarke | Cross-border data transfers: what’s the state of play?

Seven takeaways for businesses considering data transfers and the use of new SCCs The European Commission's new Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) provide welcome certainty for businesses transferring personal data to countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA). But they come at the cost of extra compliance burdens for those already dealing with the fallout of the Schrems II ruling of July 2020, increased regulatory activity within the EU, and a UK position which remains fluid, despite the Commission's recent UK adequacy decision. In...

23 Jul

Brexit News, Member News

Vulcan Insight | London wants to renegotiate Brexit deal

On Wednesday 21 July, the UK reignited the post-Brexit dispute with the European Union by calling for a renegotiation of the Northern Ireland protocol. The UK government demanded that the protocol be temporarily suspended. The UK and EU “cannot go on as we are” when it comes to Northern Ireland, Britain’s Cabinet Office Minister David Frost said. This comes after the two sides had signed a post-Brexit deal one year ago, which was then presented as a victory by British...