The Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) is a body set up between the

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and

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to direct economic cooperation between the two economies.

Establishment and chairmanship

The TEC was established by an agreement signed on April 30, 2007 at the

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by U.S. President

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, President of the European Council

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(also

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) and EU Commission President José Manuel Barroso. The Council is co-chaired by an EU and a U.S. official. Currently, they are US Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics Daleep Singh and

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. The Council meets at least once a year, called by the chairs.

Work

The Council is tasked with helping to meet economic partnership objectives and harmonize

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s. Other priorities include:

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, and petrol conservation, cosmetics testing (finding alternatives to

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), technologies, and more cooperation. However the Council has been criticised as getting bogged down in minor details and failing to produce results.A Transatlantic Free Trade Area?
ECIPE At a TEC meeting on 17 December 2010 in

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, the leaders released
U.S.-EU Transatlantic Economic Council Joint Statement
committing all parties to deeper transatlantic cooperation on secure trade and supply chain security policies.European Union / United States
Joint Statement on Supply Chain Security
issued 23 June 2011, accessed 15 August 2021 This was followed by an EU / United States joint statement on supply chain security signed in Brussels on 23 June 2021.

References

External links

Transatlantic Economic Council
United States Department of State
2010 Transatlantic Economic Council Joint Statement, White House

Transatlantic Economic Council
European Commission - Enterprise and Industry

, 2007-04-30
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Establishment and chairmanship

Work

See also

References

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