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TRANSATLANTIC NEWS

26 Jun

Chapter News, News

IMF | Artificial Intelligence and the Economics of Adjustment

Today’s AI policies will shape tomorrow’s job market. Artificial intelligence has reignited an old fear—that technology will eliminate work faster than economies can adapt. Variations of this concern appear every time powerful new technologies emerge. What feels different today is the speed, scope, and visibility of AI’s advance, particularly in cognitive tasks long assumed to be uniquely human. Yet history shows that whenever new technology emerges, economies ultimately undergo deep structural transformation. This allows labor markets to adapt to the potential...

24 Jun

Chapter News, News

European Commission | Tax Simplification Package to Streamline Compliance and Enhance Competitiveness of the Single Market

Today, the European Commission adopted an ambitious tax simplification package designed to simplify EU tax rules and reduce compliance burdens for businesses. The package comprises of two proposals, the Taxation Omnibus and the Recast of the Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC) and will modernise the EU's direct tax framework and strengthen the competitiveness of the Single Market while maintaining the existing strong level of protection against tax fraud, evasion and avoidance. The package is expected to save EU businesses around €8 billion annually,...

24 Jun

Chapter News, News

ECB | What Separates Firms That Use AI Intensively From Firms That Don’t?

Blog | The adoption rate of AI is rising rapidly, but the intensive use that drives transformation and generates macroeconomic gains remains rare. This blog explores what sets intensive AI users apart and what firms need to deeply integrate AI into their production processes. The advent of AI has been widely hailed as a driver of productivity growth. Yet simply adopting AI does not guarantee measurable improvements in firms’ efficiency. What does matter is what they use the new technology...

23 Jun

Chapter News, News

European Parliament | Digital Euro: MEPs Want to Ensure Sovereignty, Privacy and Financial Stability

Secure, private and free-to-use means of payment, both online and offline Privacy safeguards built in Limits to individual holding, pilot testing and coordinated public awareness campaigns The digital euro would offer citizens and businesses a private, secure and innovative way to pay, while reducing reliance on non-EU providers. On Tuesday, the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee adopted its position on the single currency package, consisting of three files. The one on the establishment of the digital euro was adopted by 43 votes to...

22 Jun

Chapter News, News

ECB | AI and the US Labour Market: Effects on Employment Growth

As firms around the world adopt AI tools, the impact of AI on labour markets is being widely discussed. While AI’s potential to disrupt job markets could be significant, its effects on aggregate employment appear to be muted so far. Still, there is growing evidence that AI is negatively affecting employment for specific occupational sub-groups, particularly junior workers in highly exposed occupations. This box analyses the effects of AI on employment growth in recent years, focusing on the United States, where...

UPCOMING EACC EVENTS

13 Jul

New Member Welcome Coffee

08:30 AM - 10:00 AM

The European American Chamber of Commerce is a network that brings together Europeans and Americans to engage in an open dialogue. Over the years we have built a community of like-minded European and American business executives who work together to further develop transatlantic trade relations.

17 Sep

“Qué Será, Será” - Annual Economic Update with Chief Economists

05:30 PM - 08:00 PM

In a year defined by uncertainty, volatility, and shifting global dynamics, EACCNY organizes its flagship annual economic update, bringing together leading chief economists to assess what may lie ahead for the transatlantic economy.

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PARTNER EVENTS

30 Jun

9th Portugal Economic Forum - Defence Innovation & Industrial Cooperation | The US-Portugal Opprtunity

08:00 AM - 01:00 PM

Hosted by AICEP Portuguese Trade & Investment Agency - New York, USA | The 9th Portugal Economic Forum returns to New York City on June 30, 2026, under the theme "Defense Innovation & Industrial Cooperation."

30 Jun

Webinar | Trepp Market Pulse Webinar: CMBS New Issue Trends, 1970s Multifamily CRE CLOs, & Self Storage Deep Dive

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Hosted by Trepp | Trepp experts will host a Market Pulse Webinar covering the latest news and data in the commercial real estate (CRE) finance world.

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MEMBER NEWS

26 Jun

Member News, News

RBC | American Economic Milestones: A Look Back at 250 Years of U.S. Financial History

From early banking to modern retirement accounts, learn how defining moments in the U.S. economy shaped personal wealth management strategies today. On July 4, 2026, the United States will celebrate its 250th anniversary—a journey that began with a declaration and grew into the world’s most influential economy. America’s financial architecture—its markets, institutions and planning tools—didn’t come together overnight. It was built deliberately, tested repeatedly and made stronger each time. “When you look back over the country’s financial history, you can see a...

25 Jun

Member News, News

PwC | European Commission Publishes Tax Omnibus Proposal

In brief What happened? The European Commission has published a Tax Omnibus proposal that would amend six EU direct tax Directives: the Interest and Royalties Directive (2003/49/EC), the Merger Directive (2009/133/EC), the Parent-Subsidiary Directive (2011/96/EU), the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD) (2016/1164), the Dispute Resolution Mechanisms Directive (2017/1852), and the FASTER Directive (2025/50). The package is intended to simplify the EU direct tax framework, reduce compliance burdens, improve legal certainty, and support EU competitiveness. According to the Commission’s impact assessment, it could...

25 Jun

Member News, News

NautaDutilh | CADA: A New Proposal for Digital Sovereignty Rules in the EU?

On 3 June 2026, the EU Commission published a proposal for a regulation establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe's cloud and AI ecosystem: the Cloud and AI Development Act, or "CADA". The proposal aims at providing legal instruments for the EU and the Member States to commit to actions to improve the competitiveness of the EU ecosystem in relation to AI, cloud systems, and data centres, whilst also furthering the digital sovereignty of the EU. How does this...

24 Jun

Member News, News

Trepp | Ten-Year Conduit Loans Are No Longer the Market’s Default Setting – Spreads Show Why They Still Matter

In a recent TreppTalk blog, we looked at how five-year conduit loans moved from a niche execution to the dominant format for much of the CMBS conduit market. That shift is easier to see when viewed from the other side of the market: the retreat of the traditional 10-year conduit loan. For much of the last CMBS cycle, 10-year conduit lending was the standard template. It offered borrowers longer-term fixed-rate financing and gave bond investors a familiar structure around which...

23 Jun

Member News, News

Osborne Clarke | Planning, AI and Cyber Rule Changes Bring New Risks for UK and EU Data Center Development

Operators, investors and advisers are contending with legal and regulatory uncertainty as data centre demand rises At a glance Large-scale data centres can now seek consent as nationally significant infrastructure, opening a new planning route in England. Grid access remains a significant constraint for AI Growth Zones in the UK, with a circular eligibility problem yet to be resolved. AI copyright disputes and tightening cyber resilience rules are creating new contractual and regulatory risk for operators across Europe. Data centre capacity...

New Micropodcast Series: What’s Happening Across the Atlantic

The EACCNY is happy to announce the launch of its “What’s Happening Across the Atlantic” series, an initiative that aims to offer our members and wider audience hands-on updates on current affairs and policy developments on both sides of the pond. In these 3-5 minute segments, EU and US policy makers and experts along with a select group of EACCNY members will answer a single timely question: What’s Happening Across the Atlantic” focusing on a specific topic that is relevant to our audience.

Member Spotlight

Sprintax specializes in helping nonresidents with their tax compliance. Specifically Sprintax Dividends helps individuals (investor or employee) and organizations who receive dividends from foreign stocks, to claim a refund of the excess DWT deducted from their dividend. Sprintax Calculus helps US organizations to tax nonresidents employees correctly and manage the organizations IRS withholding and reporting. Sprintax Returns assists nonresidents with their US federal and state tax returns.