2009 Events
December 15, 2009: SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING NOTICE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
The Lisbon Treaty: Implications for Future Relations Between the European Union and the United States will be discussed.
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Location: U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building
WITNESSES:
Panel I
The Honorable Philip H. Gordon
Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasian Affairs
U.S. Department of State
Panel II
Karen Donfried, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President
German Marshall Fund of the United States
Daniel Hamilton, Ph.D.
Richard von Weizsäcker Professor and Director of Center for Transatlantic Relations
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
Johns Hopkins University
NOTE: Witnesses may be added by Direction of the Chairman
December 3, 2009: US Chamber Hosts Hungarian Prime Minister
A discussion on Economic Policies In Post-Lisbon EU: The Perspective from Hungary, featuring H.E. Prime Minister of Hungary Gordon Bajnai at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
The Prime Minister will engage in broad discussion with Chamber Members on economic recovery policies in the EU. Together with Spain and Belgium, Hungary constitutes the incoming Trio presiding over the European Council starting from January 2010.
For press information please click here.
December 4, 2009:US Chamber Hosts Luncheon for Delegation of MEPs
Working luncheon with the European Parliament´s Official Delegation to the United States led by MEP Elmar Brok, Chair of the EU Delegation to the United States.
November 23-24, 2009: Kazakhstan-U.S. Investment Forum 2009
The government of Kazakhstan has announced the official Kazakhstan-U.S. Investment Forum in November 2009, in New York. This event will offer unparalleled access to key Kazakh ministers and officials, and will be hosted by H.E. Erlan A. Idrissov, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United States and attended by 150 investors and stakeholders with interests in Kazakhstan.
November 19, 2009: "Towards further convergence of competition policy worldwide? A comparison of the EU and US experiences"
This joint conference on competition policy is co-organized by the US Chamber of Commerce & BUSINESSEUROPE, to discuss topical issues as collective actions and procedural fairness in antitrust proceedings with speakers from the EU and US institutions, business representatives and legal practitioners.
Two panel debates will cover "Collective actions – recent developments in the EU in the light of the US experience" and "Procedural fairness – due process issues in antitrust investigations". A keynote speech will be delivered by the Director General of DG Competition Philip Lowe.
ILR released a new publication on the emerging issue of third party litigation financing. The paper, written by John Beisner, partner at the U.S. law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and a veteran litigator of collective actions around the world, is entitled Third Party Financing: Ethical and Legal Ramifications in Collective Actions. It states that allowing outside investors to fund lawsuits in exchange for a share of the award or settlement could pose significant legal and ethical risks, including the prolonging of litigation and the weakening of traditional attorney-client relationships. Click here for the paper in full.
For an agenda click here .
November 11-12, 2009: The Transatlantic Marketplace: Challenges and Opportunities beyond 2009
The U.S. Chamber, the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany and the F.A.Z.-Insitut, together with the Federation of German Industries (BDI) and the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue (TABD), will host the Third Annual Transatlantic Business Conference in Frankfurt/Main.
"The Transatlantic Marketplace: Challenges and Opportunities Beyond 2009" once again will offer a forum for highlighting the importance of transatlantic relations and identifying mutual scopes of action. The annual event takes place each fall with distinguished speakers from both sides of the Atlantic.
Chamber Senior VP for International Affairs, Myron Brilliant will offer remarks
October 26, 2009: U.S.-EU High Level Regulatory Cooperation Forum & Commissioner Ashton
The Forum, lead by cooperatively by both governments, brings together regulators from the EU and the U.S. to form working relationships and address regulatory differences. Much of the group's work focuses on the different approaches to regulatory policies and procedures. Special consideration is given to the role that transparency, stakeholder input, risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis and impact assessment when promulgating regulation.
October 15, 2009: Off-the-Record Business Roundtable Briefing with Russian Deputy Minister of Economic Development Andrey Slepnev
The Russian-American business dialogue partners are pleased to invite you to an off-the-record, invitation only, business roundtable with the Russian side of the Working Group on business development and commercial relations of the US-Russia Presidential Commission.
We will convene at the US Chamber Briefing Center on October 15th at 3:30 p.m. the Russian Co-chair of the Commission, Deputy Minister Andrey Slepnev will discuss with us the Russian vision for economic engagement and new opportunities for U.S. business.
Specific discussions will focus on:
Public-Private Partnership and investment frameworks
Strategic and budgeting policies
SME environment
This event is organized in collaboration with US Chamber of Commerce, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, AmCham Russia, U.S.-Russia Business Council, Russian -US Economic Development Council, Delovaya Russia.
October 7-8, 2009: "Silk Road Trade and Investment: New Pathways for U.S.-Central Asia Economic Ties."
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Eurasia Business Platform) will hold a marquee conference, "Silk Road Trade and Investment: New Pathways for U.S.-Central Asia Economic Ties." This event will bring together Ministers, corporate decision makers and experts from the public and private sectors to discuss the opportunities and challenges of the rapidly emerging market nestled strategically between Europe, China, Russia, South Asia, Turkey and the Middle East.
The conference is being closely coordinated with the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), as the next round of U.S.–Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) negotiations (plus Afghanistan) will take place the following day.
Ambassador Demetrios Marantis, Deputy United States Trade Representative, U.S. Under Secretary of State, William Burns, and Ministers of Economy and Trade from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
To view the conference agenda or presentations from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's "Silk Road Trade and Investment: New Pathways for U.S. -Central Asia Economic Ties" Conference on October 7, 2009 click on the following links:
Private-Public Sector Conference on Central Asia Agenda
October 8, 2009: The transatlantic barrier free market -How do we get there?
A business stakeholder event under the auspices of the Swedish Presidency, with the support of the United States Mission to the European Union and the European Commission.
This half-day event will specifically aim at opening a process of reflection as to how progress towards a barrier free transatlantic market can be achieved, ahead of the 4th TEC meeting scheduled to take place on October 26th - 27th .
Key speakers include:
~ Signhild Arnegård Hansen, President of Confederation of Swedish Enterprise,
~ Ewa Björling, Swedish Minister for Trade,
~ Jürgen R. Thumann, President of BUSIENESSEUROPE and TABD Co-Chair,
~ Günter Verheugen, Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry and
Charge d'affaires of the US-mission to the EU
Details: 9:20- 2:30 pm in Brussels at The Permanent Representation of Sweden
September 23, 2009: Atlantic Council/Carnegie Mellon University G20 Conference- "Renewing Globalization and Economic Growth in a Post-Crisis World: The Future of the G-20 Agenda"
The conference will be opened by Frederick Kempe, Atlantic Council President and CEO; and James E. Rohr, Chairman & CEO, PNC Financial Services Group, and Board of Trustees, Carnegie Mellon University.
Featured speakers will include U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Daniel Rooney, Carnegie Mellon University President Jared L. Cohon, The World Bank's Shaha Alizira and Mansoor Dailami, Timothy Adams former Under Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, Carnegie Mellon's Pradeep Khosla and Baruch Fischhoff, Richard B. Hoey of BNY Mellon, Daniel Price former Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs, Arthur Rothkopf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Mark Sniderman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
This conference is partially supported by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
For further information: click here
September 11, 2009: Tax Treaties Round Table with Senate Foreign Relations Committee
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is hosting David Willkie & Andrew Keller from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for a roundtable discussion on bilateral tax treaties, including those pending with France, Luxembourg, New Zealand and Malta
David Willkie is Senior Professional Staff Member for the Minority Staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Andrew Keller is Deputy Chief Counsel for the Majority Staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
The off-the-record roundtable discussion will focus on bilateral tax treaties and including pending protocols to amend income tax conventions with France, Luxembourg, and New Zealand, as well as a convention with Malta. The purpose of this discussion is to provide Chamber members with an opportunity to learn about the state of play with these treaties and to flag priorities with Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffers.
September 7, 2009: BUSINESSEUROPE hosts EU-US business event on supply chain security
The question of whether the EU and the US are on a joint approach to global security was the issue of a well attended joint BUSINESSEUROPE / US Chamber of Commerce event on 7 September. High-level participants from the World Customs Organisation, the European Commission and the US government, EU and US business representatives discussed key issues on the multilateral and bilateral trade and security agenda. A special focus was given the state of play of the highly controversial US initiative for 100% scanning of all US bound containers, and the mutual recognition of the EU AEO and the US C-TPAT statuses which allow companies to have easier access to customs simplifications. Adrian van den Hoven underlined in particular the role the EU-US Transatlantic Economic Council should play in tackling these issue.
August 31, 2009: The Chamber is hosting a pre-launch discussion of "Transatlantic Trends" featuring Bruce Stokes, German Marshall Fund Transatlantic Fellow and author of Transatlantic Trends 2009 Key Findings Report.
August 3, 2009; 3:30-4:30: Briefing with U.S. Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol regarding Undersecretary Burns' recent trip to Central Asia.
July 19, 2009 - July 21, 2009: 4th Transatlantic Market Conference – Transatlantic Cooperation for Growth and Employment (Working Title).
This event is hosted by the Dräger Foundation in cooperation with the German Institute for Standardization (DIN), the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C., the Federation of German Industries (BDI), and the German American Business Council (GABC) and will take place primarily in the Mandarin Oriental (1330 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC).
June 29, 2009: TEC Stakeholders Working Meetings and High-level TEC Awareness Raising Event
Hosted by TABD in cooperation with Business Europe, AmchamEU, EABC and USCIB, this event will feature workshops organized throughout the day that will present an opportunity to examine each of the major TEC themes. European Commission and USEU representatives will make opening remarks, followed by in-depth questions and discussion. The TEC Stakeholders Working Meetings will take place in Brussels, at 40 Boulevard du Regent; while the High-level TEC Awareness Raising Event will take place at the Amigo Hotel, Rue de l'Amigo 1-3.
June 23, 2009: On June 23, we hosted a discussion featuring the managing partner of McKinsey Moscow Yermolai Solzhenitsyn. An important study just completed by McKinsey explains the real challenges to productivity in several sectors of the Russian economy. In anticipation of President Obama's visit to Moscow, and many executives travelling there for various discussions, we would like to draw your attention to the data and conclusions contained in the report. There is a fascinating upside story here suggested by the substantial capacity of key Russian industries to improve productivity with minimal help (or interference) from the political center. By eliminating inefficiencies in business processes and replacing obsolete capacity, Russia still has a good chance to get back to gaining long-term prosperity. For more information and to view the report in its entirety, click here.
May 27, 2009: Europe & Eurasia Task Force meeting at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
May 14, 2009: Luncheon featuring Swedish Ambassador Jonas Hafström at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in participation with the Swedish American Chamber of Commerce of Washington, DC. Click here to read the blog post.
April 27 - 28, 2009: IPR Transatlantic Collaboration conference at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
April 24, 2009: Luncheon featuring Mehmet Simsek, State Minister in Charge of the Economy for Turkey, at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sponsored by Raytheon and Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). Click here to read the blog post.
April 20, 2009: Luncheon featuring The Honorable Mary Coughlan T.D. Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade, and Employment of Ireland at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sponsored by Raytheon. Click here to read the blog post.
March 31, 2009: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce 3rd Annual Global Intellectual Property Center Forum "The Future of Innovation" at the Dorchester Hotel, London, United Kingdom.
March 20, 2009: Joint debrief with the Confederation of British Industry of the G20 International Business Conference featuring Donald Shepard, Chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Rhian Chilcott, Head of Washington, D.C. Office, Confederation of British Industry at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
March 17, 2009: A Conversation with Robert B. Zoellick, President, The World Bank—"Fighting the Economic Crisis and Furthering Development: A Global Trade Agenda for the Trans Atlantic Relationship"—and a response by Sir Nigel Sheinwald, British Ambassador at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce co-hosted by McLarty Associates and sponsored by Lilly. Click here to view Webcast.
March 11, 2009: Breakfast featuring Alexander Shokhin, President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, and a Delegation of Russian Corporate CEOs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
February 25, 2009: Europe & Eurasia Task Force Meeting at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
February 17, 2009: US Department of Commerce, SABIT Renewable Energy Program at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
February 11, 2009: Meeting with Belarusian Entrepreneurs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.