EU – United States of America Summit
EU – United States of America SummitDate: 30.04.2007
Venue: Washington D.C.
Policy area: General Affairs and External Relations
Type of event: Third Country Meetings
More: The annual EU-USA Summit – the first major Third Country Meeting during Germany's Presidency – will be held in Washington on 30 April. The meeting will focus on strengthening transatlantic economic integration, the main theme being the harmonization of the two economic areas' regulations and standards. A framework agreement will be signed on this issue. In addition, regional crises will be discussed (among others Kosovo and Afghanistan) and a joint statement on energy and climate protection will be signed.
A new Transatlantic Economic Council is designed to give EU-US economic relations new impulses and to advance the harmonization of standards. In the margins of the Summit the EU-US Air Transport Agreement, which envisages the mutual opening up of airspace, will be formally signed by the transport ministers and the responsible Commission Vice-President, Jacques Barrot.
In 2005 transatlantic economic cooperation received new impetus through the launch of the "EU-US Initiative to Enhance Transatlantic Economic Integration and Growth". This initiative aims to improve transatlantic economic relations in stages. A concrete work programme was adopted by the EU and US economics ministers in November 20
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