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r_text[0] = "The $3.75 trillion EU-US transatlantic economy represents the largest, most integrated &amp; longest-lasting economic relationship in the world."
r_text[1] = "Europe&#x27;s investment stake in the US totaled a record $1.3 trillion in 2007, more than triple the level of a decade ago."
r_text[2] = "As the world&#x27;s single largest economic body, accounting for 40% of all global trade, the EU is the most important commercial market in the world for corporate America."
r_text[3] = "The EU accounts for roughly 1/2 of total US global earnings."
r_text[4] = "Europe is by far the most important source of jobs created by foreign direct investment in the US."
r_text[5] = "The transatlantic economy employs an estimated 14 million workers on both sides of the Atlantic."
r_text[6] = "Our trade agreements bring significant benefits to both the US &amp; the EU."
r_text[7] = "Following the launch of the EU-US Open Skies Agreement, economic forecasts indicate a gain of 26 million passengers, $18 billion in consumer benefits &amp; an additional 80,000 jobs in the US &amp; EU over the next 5 years."
r_text[8] = "Ninety-eight % of trade between the EU &amp; the US is dispute-free."
r_text[9] = "Democracy has been a requirement for EU membership from the start."
r_text[10] = "For many nations, the prospect of EU membership has helped smooth the transition to democratic rule. "
r_text[11] = "Of the estimated $2 billion spent annually on democracy-related aid projects worldwide, approximately 1/2 is spent by the EU. "
r_text[12] = "Collectively, the EU provides 60% of worldwide official development assistance&mdash;a figure projected to rise to 63% by 2010."
r_text[13] = "Together, the EU &amp; the US are responsible for 80% of official development assistance."
r_text[14] = "The EU &amp; the US cooperate in areas including fighting terrorism &amp; transnational crime, advancing trade liberalization, &amp; combating piracy &amp; intellectual property violations."
r_text[15] = "Since climate change is a global problem, it requires global leadership from the US &amp; the EU to make a significant impact."
r_text[16] = "The EU has set an example by implementing the most ambitious set of climate &amp; energy targets anywhere in the industrialized world."
r_text[17] = "Making necessary deep environmental emissions cuts is fully compatible with continued economic growth &amp; prosperity &amp; can even boost the economy &amp; competitiveness."
r_text[18] = "Together the EU &amp; US must also work to ensure that world trade benefits the world&rsquo;s poorest countries."
r_text[19] = "The EU has responded to a rising demand for a European role in external crises"
r_text[20] = "The EU has contributed to global peace &amp; security by sending peacekeepers &amp; providing other support in the Western Balkans, Georgia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Darfur, Aceh &amp; the Palestinian Territories. "
r_text[21] = "Since 2003, the EU has deployed more than 20 operations on 3 continents ranging from peacekeeping to border monitoring to security sector, police or judicial reform."
r_text[22] = "The promotion of democracy is a cornerstone of EU foreign &amp; security policy."
r_text[23] = "The EU has been a global leader in providing &amp; financing electoral assistance since 1993."
r_text[24] = "Since creation of the EU a half century ago, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history."
r_text[25] = "EU Member States have stable governments that encourage pluralistic political thought &amp; support freedom of speech, religion &amp; free market economics."
r_text[26] = "The EU is a unique institution in which Member States voluntarily cede some elements of national sovereignty to carry out common policies &amp; governance."
r_text[27] = "The EU is more than just a trade organization or a common market; it is committed to democracy, freedom, justice &amp; human rights."
r_text[28] = "The EU&#x27;s population is 7.4% of total world population."
r_text[29] = "The EU&#x27;s GDP is almost 1/3 of global GDP at 31%; US is 25%; Japan is 8%."
r_text[30] = "The EU is the world&#x27;s leading exporter &amp; the main source of foreign investment &amp; development aid."
r_text[31] = "Europe&rsquo;s capital markets are now more globally competitive thanks to the growing attractiveness of the euro as a world reserve currency."
r_text[32] = "The EU&rsquo;s share of world exports has actually increased this decade, from 40.8% in 2000 to 42.1% in 2006, particularly to developing countries."
r_text[33] = "The EU imports more agricultural goods from developing countries around the world than do the US, Canada, Japan &amp; China combined."
r_text[34] = "The EU &amp; the US together represent roughly 12% of the world&#x27;s population, roughly 40% of world trade &amp; close to 60% of world GDP.  "
r_text[35] = "America&#x27;s investment stakes in the EU rose to almost $1.4 trillion in 2007 (historic cost basis), or nearly 50% of the global total."
r_text[36] = "The EU&#x27;s investment stake in the US totaled a record $1.3 trillion in 2007 (historic cost basis), more than triple the level of a decade ago."
r_text[37] = "In 2008, the EU was the top US trade partner for both imports &amp; exports of goods, with an EU-US trade volume of $642.4 billion."
r_text[38] = "The EU accounts for 68% of foreign direct investment in Africa."
r_text[39] = "Multilateralism&mdash;relying on an effective multilateral system&mdash;is at the core of EU foreign policy. "
r_text[40] = "Some 70,000 European peacekeepers are serving across the globe."
r_text[41] = "When the EU and the US agree, other countries follow."
r_text[42] = "The EU and the US are the indispensable partnership."
r_text[43] = "The EU and the US often work together to develop international standards."
r_text[44] = "Renewable energy is a central plank of EU energy policy."
r_text[45] = "The European Commission contributed $130 million in 2008 to the UN&#x27;s Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB &amp; malaria, making it one of the top 5 individual contributors.   "

r_text[46] = "The 27 Member States EU include most of Eastern Europe and nearly all of Western Europe."
r_text[47] = "The EU has a population of 500 million (2009) and an economy that is slightly larger than that of the US."
r_text[48] = "The EU&#x27;s population is greater than the combined populations of the United States and Japan."
r_text[49] = "US companies rely on the European market for more than half of their global foreign profits."
r_text[50] = "Europe is by far the most important source of &quot;onshored&quot; jobs in America, &amp; the US is by far the most important source of &quot;onshored&quot; jobs in Europe."
r_text[51] = "In 2008, the US was the top destination for EU exports, &amp; ranked as the 2nd highest destination for EU imports, after China."
r_text[52] = "Trade is essential to help the poor get out of poverty, &amp; it is at the heart of EU development strategy."
r_text[53] = "Since 1992, the EU has provided emergency assistance in the wake of natural disasters &amp; conflicts in more than 100 countries around the world."
r_text[54] = "The EU is committed to reaching its foreign policy goals through diplomacy-by the force of its arguments &amp; ideas-relying on economic sanctions &amp; military operations only as a last resort."
r_text[55] = "The EU has created a Rapid Reaction Force (RRF) to respond to tasks including humanitarian &amp; rescue missions, peacekeeping, crisis management &amp; peacemaking."
r_text[56] = "The EU&#x27;s single market has eliminated barriers &amp; border bureaucracy among EU Member States."
r_text[57] = "The EU is committed to an overall emissions reduction of at least 20% below 1990 levels by 2020"


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