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Transatlantic News
22
Sep
15th Round Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Negotiations
October 3 – October 7, 2016
New York, NY
NEGOTIATIONS
The fifteenth round of U.S. - EU negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) agreement will take place in New York, NY from October 3 - 7. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) will host an extended Chief Negotiator's briefing for stakeholders to provide an update on negotiations and solicit input and feedback from interested stakeholders on Wednesday, October 5, as well...
22
Sep
Julian King is poised to become the U.K.’s last European Union commissioner, in charge of implementing the bloc’s security polices, after a key committee of EU lawmakers approved his nomination on Tuesday.
Mr. King’s performance during a three-hour hearing on Monday evening in the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee was convincing enough for the committee to endorse his nomination, said Claude Moraes, the committee chair.
“We think he should be appointed as the next commissioner for the security union,” Mr. Moraes...
22
Sep
Today, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström met with US Trade Representative Michael Froman in Brussels to take stock of the ongoing negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
After the meeting, Malmström and Froman made the following statement:
"We had a good meeting where we reviewed the substantial progress being made and discussed next steps for moving forward. We have directed our teams to make as much progress as possible during the next round, scheduled for the week of...
21
Sep
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today underscored the crucial role businesses play in the realization of Global Goals, or Sustainable Development Goals, adopted a year ago by 193 countries.
“Solutions will involve everything from regulation to disruptive innovation – and everyone from world leaders and chief executives, to educators, activists and citizens,” Mr. Ban told the UN Private Sector Forum, which was held on the margins of the high-level segment of the General Assembly’s 71st session, which kicked off today.
The...
21
Sep
Speech by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini at the Roundtable 5 on Global compact for safe, regular and orderly migration - towards realizing the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development and achieving full respect for the human rights of migrants at the UN Migration Summit
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There is one word that we have abused, in Europe, when talking about migration and refugees: the word is “crisis”. Yes, it is true that we have faced the greatest flow of refugees since World...
20
Sep
Lighting, heating, moving, producing: energy is essential for our day-to-day life. Turning on our computers or starting our cars are actions that we take for granted, yet they represent the final stage of a complex process, from extraction to final consumption. For example crude oil is transformed into motor gasoline, while fossil, nuclear and renewable energy are transformed into electricity.
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Compliments of the European Commission
20
Sep
Over the course of its existence, the European Parliament has transformed itself from an assembly with limited powers to a decision-making body directly shaping EU policies. It has been a long road, but one of the milestones was 20 September 1976, when ministers signed rules allowing direct European elections. The elections, held about three years later, gave new democratic legitimacy to the Parliament and allowed MEPs to seek more powers in shaping European policies.
The act concerning the election of...
19
Sep
Margarete Vestager European Commissioner for Competition visiting Washington
It’s a great pleasure to be here in the US.
When I come to Washington, I feel like I’m on familiar ground. Because one of the nice things about being the European Commissioner for Competition is that you get the chance to work with a lot of very smart and dedicated people here in the US. I get to learn about different perspectives and approaches and that the US jurisdiction is not always...
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