Press Release: EU-US Summit in Slovenia to discuss further strengthening of strategic partnership

This year’s EU-US Summit will take place in Brdo, Slovenia on Tuesday 10 June. The Summit will cover the full gamut of global and regional issues where the EU and the US seek to act in partnership. Issues for discussion will include assisting the development of Kosovo, following up on the Middle East peace initiative launched last year at Annapolis, shaping a comprehensive and binding post-2012 global agreement on tackling climate change, and working together to promote energy efficiency as well as energy security through the diversification of supply sources and the development of sustainable new forms of energy. Furthermore the EU and the US will discuss the strengthening of the economic and regulatory cooperation and the deburdening of enterprises on both sides of the Atlantic, following the cooperation in this field in the framework of the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC). The EU will also be asking the US for an update on progress towards its commitment to bring further EU Member States into the US Visa Waiver Programme

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European Commission: MEMO/08/381: Global Partners: EU-US Trade and Investment http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/381&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: SPEECH/08/319: The EU and the US in a globalised economy: politics and priorities http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/08/315&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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