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This dossier documents the United States relationship with the European Union.

Please use the tabs to access the three sections of this dossier:

Tab 1 lists US priorities with regard to the EU, major USG statements, latest USG statements, USG fact sheets, and USG reports. 

Tab 2 lists nonofficial reports, journal articles, and other documents.

Tab 3 provides a set of links to major web sites.

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U.S. Govt. Resources

 

U.S.-European Union Relations and the 2007 Summit This CRS report evaluates current issues in the U.S.-EU relationship.

 

European Union Enlargement. This CRS report discusses current and future EU enlargement.

 

Climate Change: The European Union’s Emissions Trading System (EU-ETS). This CRS report analyses the European ETS.
 

Major Reports on the European Union

 

US-EU Summit April 30, 2007.

The United States Policy towards the European Union: A Dossier

President George W. Bush speaks with European Union High Representative Javier Solana during a plenary session of the North Atlantic Council at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. (White House photo by Eric Draper)
President George W. Bush speaks with European Union High Representative Javier Solana during a plenary session of the North Atlantic Council at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. (White House photo by Eric Draper)

Key U.S. Policy Priorities

bullet Expand Transatlantic Trade: President Bush, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso signed the trans-Atlantic economic partnership plan under which the two trading partners will establish a framework for business integration by streamlining regulatory standards that are often different between the trans-Atlantic partners.

bullet Open Air Transport: The first-stage Air Transport Agreement will replace all existing bilateral agreements between the United States and EU member states and establish an Open-Skies Plus framework between the United States and all 27 EU members. 

bullet Advance the Doha Round: United States and European Union (EU) trade officials report progress in efforts to revive stalled talks toward a new global trade liberalization accord. Multilateral talks on the accord, being negotiated under World Trade Organization (WTO) auspices, had been put on hold since the talks collapsed in July 2006. “We are clearly making progress,” said U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab, following a January 8 meeting with her EU counterpart, Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson, in Washington.

bullet Energy Security and Climate Change: "We also talked about climate, and here we share a common interest: One, we recognize that we have a problem with greenhouse gases; two, we recognize we have a problem with a dependence on oil; three, we recognize that we can use technologies to help solve this problem; and, four, we recognize we have an obligation to work together to promote the technologies necessary to solve the problem, and encourage the developing world to use those technologies" said President Bush on the US-EU Summit in Washington, DC on April 30, 2007.

bullet Combat Transnational Crime and Terrorism: “Under the principles we’ve set forth today, we will be able to strategize together on cases and enhance the exchange of evidence to combat transnational crime,” said Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez after signing an agreement with EUROJUST, the judicial cooperation unit of the European Union, to improve coordination between prosecutors in the two regions. "The agreement is one more example of our efforts to work in concert with our European allies to attack the evil of international terrorism.”

bullet Extend the Visa Waiver Program (VWP): Citizens of VWP countries can travel to the United States for tourism or business for stays of 90 days or less without obtaining a visa, so long as they have machine-readable passports. “We have a roadmap for countries that are seeking admission to the program. We are currently working with a number of those countries to see what we can do to help them meet the milestones that are necessary to be admitted to the program,”  Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, said.


 

Major US Government Statements

A select list of major statements on United States foreign trade with policy value.

Latest US Government Statements

The five most recent statements in reverse chronological order. 

US Government Fact Sheets

The five most recent fact sheets.

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