Category: Content Series

EU Source: Mixed signals for EU-Canada trade deal

By Future Europe Initiative

THIS WEEK’S KEY TAKE-AWAYS EU to fast track adoption of new derivative rules Mixed signals for EU-Canada trade deal ratification  EU privacy concerns loom over global services trade deal

EU Source: EU fast-tracks climate deal

By Future Europe Initiative

THIS WEEK’S KEY TAKE-AWAYS Paris climate deal gets EU-wide approval Orban pushes on despite referendum turnout  On-going talks between US and Deutsche Bank UK to trigger Brexit negotiations by March 2017

Investing in a Solution to the Migrant Crisis

Nations that have taken in refugees must prioritize economic development while seeking political solutions to the crises that have forced migrants to flee their homes. Matthew T. McGuire, the US executive director at the World Bank Group, said “one of the biggest indicators for someone returning to their home country is how well they’ve fared […]

Banding Together: How the World Bank, Humanitarian Community, and Private Sector Support Refugees

By Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

On October 3, 2016, the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center hosted “Banding Together: How the World Bank, Humanitarian Community, and Private Sector Support Refugees,” a Middle East Strategy Task Force (MEST) event featuring the US executive director for the World Bank, Dr. Matthew T. McGuire, the associate vice president of the Center for Middle East and […]

EU Source: EU puts TTIP on hold; investors drop Deutsche Bank

By Future Europe Initiative

THIS WEEK’S KEY TAKE-AWAYS Deutsche Bank sinks lower in investors’ confidence CETA set for signing while TTIP trails behind Fox speech heavy on confusion, light on Brexit details

Private Roundtable with Mr. Crispin Blunt, MP

By Susan Haigh

On September 28, 2016, the Atlantic Council’s Future Europe Initiative hosted a private, invitation-only roundtable with Mr. Crispin Blunt MP, chairman of the UK House of Commons’ Select Committee on Foreign Affairs. Members of Washington’s foreign policy and business communities discussed the future of the United Kingdom’s role in Europe and the world, and the […]