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European Council: European leaders endorse new
Round
European leaders affirmed their commitment to
a new round of World Trade Organisation negotiations
at the European Council in Sweden.
The following statement was issued by the Swedish
presidency on their behalf: ' A strong, open
and rule-based multilateral trading system contributes
to the Union's strategic goals, including the
promotion of economic growth, sustainable development
and the social dimensions of globalisation. The
launch of an ambitious and balanced new round
of multilateral trade negotiations at the 4th
WTO Ministerial Conference in Doha in November
remains the objective of the Union. Such a round
should respond to the interests of all WTO members,
and in particular to those of the developing countries,
and demonstrate that the trading system can respond
to the concerns of civil society. The European
Council welcomes the new basis for close transatlantic
co-operation as stated in the declaration from
the Göteborg EU-US Summit. All WTO partners are
urged to work constructively and flexibly to forge
a consensus in Doha.'
-- Full
Council conclusions available on Council of the
European Union
Göteburg EU-US Summit
On 14 June 2001 European Commission President
Romano Prodi and Swedish Prime Minister Göran
Persson, the current President of the European
Council, met US President Bush in Göteborg, Sweden.
This was the first Transatlantic Summit since
the new US Administration took office.
-- Special
page on European Commission website
-- Commission's
Directorate General for External Relations' page
The
7th edition of EU/US News (review of Transatlantic
Relations published by the European External
Relations DG) is available.
Summary: Highlights from the EU - US Ministerial
meeting in Washington; report on the Implementation
of the Kyoto Protocol, on the relations between
the EU and the new US administration and on EU-US
Trade Disputes; spotlight on the US National Missile
Defence.
'The
New Europe in the Transatlantic Partnership'
Speech by Romano Prodi, President of the European
Commission
Florence European University Institute, Florence,
9 May 2001
Exclusive TIES interviews of:
- Charles
Karelis, President, Colgate University;
Former Director, Fund for the Improvement
of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)
- Prof.
Condoleezza Rice, new National
Security Adviser to US President elect
George W. Bush
- Madeleine
Albright, Former US Secretary
of State
- Pascal
Lamy, European Commissioner
- Chris
Patten, European Commissioner
'Economic
Tensions between the European Union and United
States - Underlying Causes and Possible Cures'
By Adrian Taylor, Project Executive with Think
Tools A.G., a technology company with operations
in Europe, USA and Asia.
Adrian Taylor - member
of TIES Editorial Board - won the '2001 BP/EUropean
University Institute Prize' for this essay on
transatlantic relations.
'Transatlantic
Relations and European Security and Defence'
By Art Eggleton, Minister of National Defence
Munich, Germany, 3 February 2001 |
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Top issues in TIES
Webzine |
TIES
Spotlight: EDUCATION
Education is the core investment in our societies
future. Today, on both side of the Atlantic, educationnal
issues are becoming a growing concern. The new
US President put it as his top-priority followed
by a large popular consensus that this ought to
be; and in Europe, both the Member-States and
the EU are trying to cope with the huge consequences
of both the new technologies and the very changes
of education as a social process.
Main aspects: the American educational system
(the necessity of reforming the entire state education;
Bush reforms;Charter-Schools); higher education
in Europe; e-learning.
'The
Future of Education in America'
Speech of US Secretary of Education Richard Riley
In recognition of International Education Week,
US Secretary of Education Richard Riley spoke
on November, 16 of the importance of international
education in preparing the next generation of
Americans to compete successfully in the global
economy.
Speech available in RealVideo on the U.S.
Department of Education website.
Transatlantic
Labor Dialogue Videoconference
Wisconsin - Belgien/France and West Sweden on
1 December 2000: 9-11 hours in Madison;
16-18 hours in Brussels and Borås-Sweden
The video conference is organised by the European
Union Centre at the University of Wisconsin together
with the School for Workers at the same University
in cooperation with TIES - European partners together
with ETUI, Viskadalen's Folk High School and LO-West-Sweden.
General Theme: Building closer relations between
European and American workers.
'Prospects for a new transatlantic trade relationship'
A report by the Committee on Economic Affairs
and Development Rapporteur: Mr Bonet Casas, Andorra,
Liberal, Democratic and Reformers’ Group
The report underlines the support of the Council
of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly - strengthened
through Canada's and Mexico's recent observer
status - in favour of efforts further to strengthen
transatlantic economic links. The Assembly offers
its assistance in this process in its capacity
as a parliamentary forum for numerous international
institutions in the economic and financial field.
Parliamentarians, the report concludes, must ensure
that the concerns of citizens - be they social,
cultural, environmental or labour-related - are
not forgotten as we shape the economic relations
across the Atlantic and across the world in the
new century.
+ Addendum'Prospects for a new transatlantic
trade relationship': Mexico - Trading Partner
of Europe and the World - September 2000
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