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Ref. Ares(2017)1875748 - 07/04/2017
Ref. Ares(2017)2821778 - 06/06/2017
From:
NYMAN Jon (CAB-MALMSTROM)
Sent:
Friday 7 April 2017 14:59
To:
CAB MALMSTROM ARCHIVES; BURGSMUELLER Christian (CAB-MALMSTROM);
(CAB-MALMSTROM)
Cc:
(TRADE);
(TRADE);
(TRADE);
(TRADE)
Subject:
Meeting M. Åsenius - AmCham, 05/04/2017
Head of cabinet M. Åsenius and the undersigned met on 5 April 2017 at their request Mr Roger Coelho,
Mr
and Ms
from the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU
(AmCham).
AmCham pointed to many complicated trade questions in 2017 like Brexit, the policies of the Trump
administration and the future of the TTIP negotiations, and offered their help in conveying to US
decisions makers a positive narrative about the importance of EU-US cooperation. They noted that the
meeting on 19 June between Commissioner Malmström and the Executive Council of AmCham would
feature a broad spectrum of perhaps around a dozen US multinationals, and that they were hoping for
an interactive and open discussion on how they can help create a positive trade narrative and agenda.
They would be interested in knowing in advance of the meeting whether the Commissioner would like to
discuss any particular angle. AmCham also enquired whether Commissioner Malmström would be
available to join a Transatlantic Forum that they would be organising in Washington D.C. the week of 26
June.
MÅ noted that while the future of TTIP was unclear, among the key issues right now would be to
preserve and reinforce the WTO. She emphasised that the EU would be keen to work together with the
US in the WTO, both on negotiations and on the dispute settlement side (whenever EU and US have
shared interests). She noted that Commissioner Malmström would not be able to travel to the US the
week of 26 June.
Jon NYMAN
Member of Cabinet of Cecilia MALMSTRÖM
Commissioner for Trade
European Commission
BERL 11/306
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
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@ec.europa.eu
http://ec.europa.eu/commission/2014-2019/malmstrom