Mary Harney was interviewed on the RTE News at One this afternoon about the pre EU-US summit taking place this afternoon with the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue. Attendees will include Don Evans, US Secretary for Commerce.
According to MH: -the agenda is around world trade, regulation, piracy, intellectual property; -it will feed into the outcome of the summit tomorrow; -it will agree on processes to resolve regulatory difficulties that hamper business; -counterfeiting accounts for 7% of global trade; -EU and US must work together on enforcement regimes; -important because of the high inter-dependance of the EU-US economices, etc.
You can hear the interview at: http://www.rte.ie/rams/radio/news1pm.ram, otherwise go to archive.
The TABD report to the summit is entitled "Establishing a Barrier-Free Transatlantic Market: Principles and Recommnedations". http://www.tabd.com/
The Presidency press release for the summit includes the lines: "Delegates will discuss the implications for transatlantic trade of new US and EU anti-terrorist security controls, Intellectual Property Rights and the fight against Counterfeiting." http://www.eu2004.ie/templates/news.asp?sNavlocator=66&list_id=882
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