Kathryn Hauser, TABD Executive Director, testified at a hearing before the US House of Representatives Way & Means Trade Subcommitte on the subject of "Enhancing the U.S.-EU Trade Relationship: Regulatory Cooperation and Standards."  Ms. Hauser told the Subcommittee about the importance of the US-EU economic relationship and urged them to take steps to encourage US-EU regulatory cooperation.  To view the entire text of Ms. Hauser's testimony,click here: wm trade sub.testimony

TABD has just released a report, "EU-US Financial Markets - need for cooperation in difficult times," that calls on policymakers to intensify transatlantic cooperation on financial market regulation. According to the report, closer cooperation will carry significant economic benefits.

The 4th meeting of the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) took place in Washington D.C. on October 26-27, 2009.  In advance of the meeting, a Report on the  EC.-US High Level Regulatory Forum was issued. "We are very encouraged that TEC is back on track", agreed James H.Quigley and Juergen R. Thumann, co chairs of the TABD, in the press release issued following their attendance at a debriefing session hosted by TEC co chairs, Michael Froman and Guenter Verheugen.  An official message to the EU-US Summit, as well as a Progress Report were formulated by the TEC co chairs.  A Joint Report on US.-EU Financial Markets Regulatory Dialogue was issued. Please see TABD's TEC web page for further details .