White House Announces Inaugural US-EU Trade and Technology Council Meeting

President Joe Biden, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel established the US-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) to expand and deepen trade and transatlantic investment ties and update the rules of the road for the 21st century economy. President Biden’s delegated co-chairs for the TTC, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, and United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai will host European Commission Executive Vice Presidents Margrethe Vestager and Valdis Dombrovskis for the inaugural TTC meeting on September 29th in Pittsburgh (PA). The TTC’s ten working groups will tackle a diverse set of challenges, including technology standards cooperation, supply chain security, climate and green technology, ICT security and competitiveness, data governance and technology platforms, the misuse of technology threatening security and human rights, export controls, investment screening, global trade challenges, and access to, and use of, digital technologies by small and medium enterprises.