The meeting was co-chaired by Director General for Trade, Sabine Weyand, and Director General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, Roberto Viola, on the EU side, and by Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, Jose Fernandez, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Marisa Lago, and Senior Advisor to U.S. Trade Representative, Cara Morrow, on the U.S. side.
The two sides took stock of the progress on joint work under way in various TTC working groups. The discussions highlighted the importance of the continued collaboration around artificial intelligence, as well as the significance of the ongoing efforts to promote the deployment of secure digital infrastructure and of next generation networks. They also encouraged the efforts to continue to make progress on emerging technology standards, including on digital identity.
The officials also discussed how to advance the ongoing cooperation on secure supply chains, notably for solar and semiconductors. The EU and U.S. reiterated the importance of easing and promoting more sustainable and secure trade and investment flows across the Atlantic. This includes the joint identification of possible cooperation strands to be developed under the Transatlantic Initiative on Sustainable Trade (TIST) based on the inputs from the transatlantic stakeholder community and the Trade and Labour Dialogue. The two sides also agreed to continue exchanges of best practices on investment screening.
The meeting concluded by underlining the importance of maintaining strong transatlantic cooperation on trade and technology and of further strengthening overall EU-US ties. They agreed on the importance of getting views from stakeholders on lessons learnt and on the future of the EU-US trade and technology cooperation.
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