On Tuesday, 4 October AmCham EU hosted a lunch with Dan Hamilton, Senior Fellow, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Foreign Policy Institute and author of the Transatlantic Economy Study, AmCham EU's annual publication on the facts and figures of the world's largest economic relationship. During the session, he shared his perspectives on the war in Ukraine, the Trade and Technology Council and key policy issues to the EU-US trading relationship including energy, data flows and nonmarket economies. While we face serious challenges, the EU and US are inextricably linked, and stronger together.
Transatlantic economy working lunch
On Tuesday, 4 October AmCham EU hosted a lunch with Dan Hamilton, Senior Fellow, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Foreign Policy Institute and author of the Transatlantic Economy Study, AmCham EU's annual publication on the facts and figures of the world's largest economic relationship. During the session, he shared his perspectives on the war in Ukraine, the Trade and Technology Council and key policy issues to the EU-US trading relationship including energy, data flows and nonmarket economies. While we face serious challenges, the EU and US are inextricably linked, and stronger together.

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