EU and USA This Thursday and Friday celebrate their sixth round Trade and Technology Council (TTC, in English for its acronym), in which they will refer to their cooperation in emerging technologies, especially in raw materials and protecting their products in the field of photovoltaics.
The meeting follows a meeting held last January in the Belgian city of Leuven WashingtonThe partners have yet to reach an agreement on the key mineral, and that will likely be the last after elections in the coming months in both the US and the EU.
During that time, the stakeholders are expected to sign a declaration in 2021 reviewing the progress made in areas such as semiconductors since the creation of this cooperation forum. Clean technologiesControl of investments or Public Tenders “Green”, as well as that extra progress is made on the basis Artificial intelligence and 6G networks.
On behalf of the EU, the Executive Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for trade will attend, Valdis Dombrowskisand is in charge of the Executive Vice President Digital, Margaret VestagerAlso participating for the United States will be Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton, Trade Representative Catherine Doi, and Secretaries of State Anthony Blinken and Commerce Gina Raimondo.
During Friday's plenary meeting, stakeholders will discuss the resilience of the transatlantic market, on the one hand, with a focus on facilitating trade between the two. Collaboration in emerging technologies.
The meeting will focus on the results of collaborative work on technologies such as Artificial intelligencetopics such as semiconductors, 6G and standardization, online platforms and secure connectivity,” the European Commission said in a statement.
In general, the EU and the US will emphasize the supply chain in this round solar power And, more broadly, in their collaboration Clean technologiesThis intensified after Washington passed a multibillion-dollar green subsidy bill that Europeans consider discriminatory.
In this sense, the aim is to improve the transparency of this type of aid to avoid a subsidy war and, in the long term, promote stricter rules globally and plans to massively subsidize China and its green industry in the coming years. .
Washington Y Brussels They also plan to continue deepening their cooperation in economic security interests, including monitoring foreign investments and Export controland for supply of critical raw materials.
In this context, they are planning to make an official launch Mineral Conservation Society ForumAn attempt to seal alliances with like-minded countries Asia, Latin America Y Africa To diversify the distribution of these products.
The TTC was promoted by the President of the European Commission, Ursula van der Leyen President of the United States, Joe BidenA bilateral summit in June 2021 to strengthen its technological and industrial leadership in the face of China's might.
The EU hopes that the progress made in these three years will encourage Washington to keep the forum alive despite the change. Administration Y Republican Donald Trump to go back White House.
