Deputy secretary of state: US not trying to ‘contain’ Russia and China, but hold them accountable New Atlanticist by Daniel Malloy
Wendy Sherman speaks to a hearing of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee after she was nominated to be deputy secretary of the Department of State. Photo by Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA via Reuters.
It’s the world’s toughest tightrope: How can the United States and its European allies cooperate with China and Russia on issues like climate change while also countering their disruptions to the global order?
US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman has an answer. The common framing of the United States trying to “contain” its rivals is wrong, she contends.
Europe’s post-COVID strategy: Stay close to allies and build strength at home New Atlanticist by Katherine Walla
Thierry Breton, the EU commissioner for internal market and consumer protection, industry, research and energy, addresses a news conference in Brussels, Belgium on March 17, 2021. Photo by John Thys /Pool via REUTERS.
Cooperation between the United States and the European Union (EU) to distribute vaccines globally would constitute a partnership “to save the world,” said Thierry Breton, European commissioner for internal market.
Breton spoke at the Atlantic Council’s EU-US Future Forum with Edward Luce, US national editor and columnist for the
Financial Times, about the transatlantic partnership and how it factors into the mass vaccination campaigns, regulatory actions, and relations with China. “We know who is our ally: This is the US,” Breton noted at one point, “and the Chinese are considered our systemic rival.”
By David Kaminski-Morrow2021-05-07T09:51:00+01:00
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury believes its single-aisle duopoly with Boeing could transform into a three-way competition by the end of the decade if China progresses strongly with its Comac C919.
Speaking during the Atlantic Council EU-US Future Forum on 6 May, Faury said such a development was “not an unlikely scenario”.
Comac has secured substantial domestic orders for the C919 although the aircraft has yet to enter service.
“It’s still difficult to say at what stage and what level of competitiveness Comac will be able to introduce the [C919] in the market,” says Faury.
Věra Jourová, vice-president for values and transparency at the European Commission, and US Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) joined the Atlantic Council's EU-US Future Forum to discuss how to defend democracy..
Slovak President Čaputová on EU-US pandemic recovery, the green transition, and digital regulation Transcript by Atlantic Council
Watch the EU-US Future Forum Wed, May 5, 2021
Introduction
Atlantic Council
DAMON WILSON: Thank you, Ben. Thank you, Leah. It’s a pleasure to be with you this morning, this afternoon in Europe.
Our opening spotlight celebrating the EU-US relationship features President Zuzana Čaputová of the Republic of Slovakia. I can’t think of a better way to dive into our forum today than by hearing from one of Europe’s leaders who represents renewal, optimism, and a deep devotion to the values that bind us together across the Atlantic.