Businesses urge Congress to relax trade rules with Europe
Submitted on October 17, 2003 - 12:00am.
Ruxandra Giura - Fall 2003
WASHINGTON – Business representatives asked a Congressional committee Thursday for better economic regulations to create a barrier-free transatlantic space between United States and the European Union.
“We are still far from where we should be,” said Stuart E. Eizenstat, former U.S. ambassador to the European Union, who now has an international business law practice.
“We need longer-term, broader vision for our transatlantic relationship and to set our sights on a more ambitious goal. That overarching goal should be a barrier-free economic relationship between the U.S. and E.U. by the end of the decade," Eizenstat said.
“We are still far from where we should be,” said Stuart E. Eizenstat, former U.S. ambassador to the European Union, who now has an international business law practice.
“We need longer-term, broader vision for our transatlantic relationship and to set our sights on a more ambitious goal. That overarching goal should be a barrier-free economic relationship between the U.S. and E.U. by the end of the decade," Eizenstat said.
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