Bilateral cooperation
USA
Overview
The
European Union and the United States share a long tradition working
together to promote strong economic growth. This is pursued through
multilateral and bilateral mechanisms. Bilaterally, the EU-US
annual presidential Summits have fostered cooperation.
At the
2004 Summit in Shannon, Ireland, the EU and the US committed
themselves to
strengthen economic partnership. Regarding energy and transport,
they agreed to “work together to enhance trade and transport security
while facilitating the movement of people and goods and to develop and
help disseminate energy efficiency technologies”. The EU and the US
signed an
agreement between Galileo and the Global Positioning System (GPS).
They also agreed to continue cooperation on the development of the
hydrogen economy based on the
joint statement agreed at the 2003 Summit.
At the
Washington Summit in June 2005, the EU and the US launched an
initiative to enhance
economic partnership including air cargo traffic and air transport
security and a declaration to cooperate on
energy security, energy efficiency, renewables and economic development.
The
EU-US
first informal economic ministerial meeting in November 2005 followed up on the commitments made during the 2005 June Summit through
a
joint EU-US Work Programme and a
common EU platform.
At the
June 2006 Vienna Summit, the EU and the US presented a
joint declaration to strengthen their strategic partnership. They
agreed strategic cooperation on energy. Regarding transport, they will
pursue dialogue on border and transportation security. They agreed to
redouble efforts to conclude a first stage
air transport agreement and also to enhance cooperation on the legal
framework governing the transfer of air passengers’ data.
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