EU/US Summit: June 21, 2006, Vienna Austria

Pictured, Left to Right: EU Common Foreign & Security Policy High Representative Javier Solana, US President George W. Bush, EU Austrian Presidency's Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel & European Commission President José Manuel Barroso

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RESULTS:

• Summit Declaration; Excerpt on Iran

• Ambassador John Bruton on PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; Ambassador's Weekly Message

• Watch Summit Final Press Conference

• EU on Possible N. Korean Missile Test; Background

• 2006 EU/US Summit Progress Report on Political and Security Issues

• 2006 EU/US Summit Progress Report on the Economic Initiative

  • Joint Report on the Roadmap for EU/US Regulatory Cooperation

• EU/US Action Strategy for the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson/Transatlantic Business Dialogue Meeting; TABD Website

• EU/US Higher Education, Vocational Training Agreement; Details; Background

• EU/US Anti-Counterfeiting Move, June 20, 2006; "Countering Counterfeits," By CARLOS GUTIERREZ, GUNTER VERHEUGEN, PETER MANDELSON and SUSAN SCHWAB, Wall Street Journal, June 20, 2006; Page A20; Transatlantic Business Dialogue Press Release

Left to Right: US President George W. Bush, EU Austrian Presidency's Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel & European Commission President José Manuel Barroso

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Left to Right: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik, EU External Relations/European Neighborhood Policy Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner

Background:

• The European Union & the United States: Global Partners, Global Responsibilities

• EU/US Summit Overview, June 19, 2006

• EU/US Trade Data

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson on EU/US Summit, June 16, 2006; View Commissioner Mandelson

• EU Factsheets:

  • Air Transport Agreement

  • Transatlantic Economic Relations

  • Transatlantic Strategic Energy Cooperation

  • Transatlantic Higher Education & Vocational Education Agreement

  • EU Military Operations in Support of MONUC during the Election Process in the Democratic Republic of Congo

  • Visa Reciprocity

• European Parliament Resolution on Transatlantic Partnership Agreement, June 1, 2006

• "Improving Transatlantic Relations in the Framework of a Transatlantic Partnership Agreement," EU External Relations/European Neighborhood Policy Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner, May 31, 2006

• EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson on the Transatlantic Economic Partnership, May 31, 2006

• "Working for a Global Community of Freedom, Security and Prosperity," European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, April 29, 2006

Websites:

• EU External Relations Directorate General Summit Website

• EU Trade Directorate General Summit Website

• Council of the EU Summit Website

• EU Austrian Presidency Summit Website

 

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