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Rupert Schlegelmilch, Director for US Relations in DG Trade of the European Commission, discusses transatlantic trade relations under the new Biden Administration, how trade fits into the new EU-US agenda, WTO reform, and the EU's agreement on investment with China.

Senior Media Advisor Kasper Zeuthen talks to EU Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis about the key events of 2020--and what to expect in 2021, including a new transatlantic agenda.

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, discusses her vision for a new transatlantic agenda, prospects for cooperation between the European Union and the United States, and the future of multilateralism at a virtual event organized by the Council on Foreign Relations on November 20th. The moderator is David M. Rubenstein, Cofounder and Co–executive Chairman, The Carlyle Group; and Chairman, Board of Directors, Council on Foreign Relations.

At the start of this year’s virtual United Nations General Assembly, European Union Ambassador to the UN Olof Skoog reflects on the 75th anniversary of the institution, why multilateralism is critical in today’s world, and the EU’s push for climate action, protection of biodiversity and pandemic recovery.

Senior Communications Officer Martin Caudron talks to Olivier Onidi, deputy director general for migration and home affairs at the European Commission, on today's announcement on the gradual lifting of travel restrictions to and within Europe, security challenges, irregular migration, and EU-US cooperation on justice and home affairs.

The Colorado’s EU Center of Excellence at the University of Colorado in Boulder gathered the three climate and energy experts of the EU Delegation to the U.S. for a discussion led by professor KK DuVivier (University of Denver) on the EU’s Green Deal and how the EU and the U.S. can ensure that the pandemic recovery will be sustainable and climate friendly. The event featured Mercedes Garcia Perez (Head of Global Issues and Innovation), Dr. Dagmara Koska (Counselor Climate and Energy), and Irina Markina (Senior Energy Advisor). The discussion was introduced by Felicia Naranjo Martinez, Executive director of the EU Center.

Edward Luce, U.S. National Editor and Columnist at the Financial Times, discusses the transatlantic economic responses to the coronavirus pandemic with Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, and Lawrence H. Summers, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, at a virtual event organized by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on 30 April 2020. Opening Remarks by Erik Brattberg, Director of the Europe Program and Fellow at Carnegie.

Senior Media Advisor Kasper Zeuthen talks to Jean-Eric Paquet, European Commission Director-General for Research and Innovation, about the race to come up with a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, promising treatment options, a scientific approach to reopening societies, how the EU supports scientists and closely collaborates with its Member States, and the need for global scientific cooperation to fight the pandemic. 

Senior Media Adviser Kasper Zeuthen talks to the Ambassador of the European Union to the U.S. Stavros Lambrinidis on the EU's response to COVID-19 and the global implications of the pandemic.

During her recent visit to Washington D.C., EU Director-General for Energy Ditte Juul Jørgensen spoke with Senior Media Advisor Kasper Zeuthen about the transformative power of the EU's green deal, transatlantic energy cooperation, the EU's improved energy security, and why there is reason to be optimistic in the fight against climate change.