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Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability: AmCham EU interviewed in Chemical Watch

Natasa Sbrizaj, Chair of the Environment Committee, and Alexander Majer, Issue Lead on Sustainable Chemicals, AmCham EU, spoke to Chemical Watch about the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability. They outlined our concerns regarding the definition of ‘essential use’ in the new strategy and the potential impact on established risk assessment mechanisms. Read more here.

American Hour – Covering the US Elections: Breaking news from DC!

On Wednesday, 21 October, over 100 participants tuned in for AmCham EU’s webinar, ‘American Hour: Covering the US elections: Breaking news from DC!’ with Jon Decker, White House Correspondent, Fox News Radio; Shawn Donnan, Senior Writer, Bloomberg; and Suzanne Lynch, US Correspondent, Irish Times. In this conversation moderated by Victoria Main, CEO, Cambre Associates, the three senior journalists discussed their coverage of the 2020 US elections during a global pandemic and the key factors that could decide the election.

AmChams in Europe virtual best practices conference

Last week, over 60 representatives from more than 30 American Chambers of Commerce (AmChams) across Europe and Eurasia attended the annual Best Practices Conference. This year the conference was held virtually to respect the government guidelines and the safety of the participants. In her capacity as Chair of the AmChams in Europe network, Susan Danger, CEO, AmCham EU chaired the conference.

Every year, the AmChams in Europe Community selects the most inspiring best practice among its members. This year's finalists included AmCham Slovenia, AmCham Germany, AmCham Kosovo, AmCham EU and AmCham Israel. The winner of the 2020 Creative Network Award is AmCham Ukraine with its 'Leadership in Times of Crisis' project. A warm congratulations to Andy Hunder, President, AmCham Ukraine and to his team!

Thank you to AmCham Slovenia, in charge of running the Secretariat of the AmChams in Europe network and the Executive Committee of AmChams in Europe for the hard work on this virtual edition of the conference.  

Global Trade 2020: Towards meaningful and sustainable reform

Join the event to explore developments and discuss ways to ensure effective and sustainable governance at the annual Chatham House Global Trade conference on 29-30 October. Susan Danger, CEO, AmCham EU will participate as a panellist during the ‘Global Power Dynamics and Trade: What’s the Next Phase?’ session taking place on Thursday, 29 October. You can register for the conference here and access with the code TRADEAMCH.

Rebooting the Transatlantic Economy

Rarely has the global economy been rocked as hard as from the recent coronavirus and subsequent downturn in global economic activity. Unprecedented, extraordinary, unparalleled, Great Depression-like – the narrative is still searching for the right words to describe the global pandemic of 2020 and the historic decline in global economic activity.

Find out more about the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on transatlantic trade and investment from our 'Rebooting the Transatlantic Economy' webpage and newly published report from Joseph P. Quinlan, Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Leadership Network. The report outlines key trends affecting the global economy and what they mean for the resilience of the transatlantic relationship. For more information on a stronger transatlantic relationship, read our set of recommendations published this week.

Invested in Europe: Supporting equal access to education in Romania

Some 13,000 underprivileged children in Romania are able to access a quality education that would otherwise have been out of their reach thanks to the UiPath Foundation. Teachers across the country are also being trained to nurture the potential of children in poverty as part of the Foundation’s initiative. Read more about the UiPath Foundation’s story on our Invested in Europe Platform.

Invested in Europe beyond the numbers

If you are interested in contributing a story of your company’s commitment to Europe beyond the economics, we would love to hear from you! Get in touch with Nick Pawley, Content Adviser (NPA@amchameu.eu) to find out more.

AmCham EU offers views on EU's New Consumer Agenda

On Tuesday, 6 October, AmCham EU submitted a response to the public consultation for the upcoming New Consumer Agenda, which will address new challenges for consumers brought by digitalisation and the green transition. AmCham EU is of the view that consumer legislation already provides for sufficiently robust protections of EU consumers. However, gaps in enforcement across the Member States continue to prevail, which harms consumers and diminishes trust. AmCham EU, therefore calls for the EU to focus on harmonised enforcement and consistent implementation of consumer legislation in the EU and at national level. Read more in the consultation here and supporting paper here.

AmCham EU Board meets with Polish Ambassador

On Friday, 9 October, AmCham EU’s Board of Directors welcomed Ambassador Andrzej Sadoś, Permanent Representative of Poland to the European Union, for an informal online discussion over lunch. The Ambassador and the Board exchanged views on the EU Recovery plan, transatlantic relationship and the role of Poland in the EU.

In 2018, US companies were responsible for over 200,000 jobs in Poland. While the total foreign direct investment (FDI) coming into Poland from the US was $13bn. Find out more about Poland’s relationship with the US.

AmCham EU hosts session on diversity and inclusion

On Tuesday, 29 September, AmCham EU hosted a session for members and staff with Roianne Nedd, Global Diversity & Inclusion lead, Oliver Wyman (a Marsh McLennan company). Besides her role as a diversity and inclusion consultant, Ms Nedd is an activist, public speaker and author on intersectional feminism, race issues and equality issues in the workplace.