WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and BusinessEurope hosted their Transatlantic Business Works Summit at the Chamber’s historic headquarters in Washington, D.C. The Summit, “Driving Competitiveness in a Changing World,” convened U.S. and European business leaders and policymakers for a candid dialogue on broadening the $8.7 trillion commercial relationship between the U.S. and Europe, with conversations focused on key issues including industrial policy, digital transformation, trade and investment, and energy and sustainability. Keynote speakers included U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, U.S. Principal Deputy National Security Adviser Jonathan Finer, Former Prime Minister of Italy Enrico Letta, Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy James Roscoe MVO, U.S. Chamber President and CEO Suzanne Clark, and Director General and CEO of BusinessEurope Markus J. Beyrer, among others. The U.S. Chamber’s Clark emphasized the importance of unity, statin
Europe moved closer to adopting the world's first artificial intelligence rules on Wednesday as EU lawmakers endorsed a provisional agreement for a technology whose use is rapidly growing across a wide swathe of industries and in everyday life.
The EU Commission has proposed a new revision of the directive on European Works Councils, the bodies that represent workers at company level, after 15 years without revision, in order to address a number of shortcomings.
19 December 2023 - Commenting on the Environment Council’s agreement on a General Approach on the proposal for a Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer said: “Reuse and recycling of packaging waste are two sides of the same coin, and this should be better reflected in the regulation.” “Reusable packaging can be an efficient