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Feb 8, 2014

Greene: How Germany Just Undercut the Euro

By Megan Greene

Global Business and Economics Program Senior Fellow Megan Greene writes for Bloomberg Opinion on the battle brewing between the European Central Bank and Germany’s Constitutional Court:

Event Recap

Jan 29, 2014

The Danger of Divergence: Transatlantic Financial Reform and the G20 Agenda

The United States and the European Union cannot afford to follow separate paths on financial reform, according to Senator Christopher Murphy (D-CT), EU Ambassador to the US João Vale de Almeida, and a number of leading experts from the Department of the Treasury, the SEC, the European Commission, the private sector, and academia.  Following the […]

Economy & Business European Union

In the News

Jan 28, 2014

SIFMA Covers Global Business and Economics Program Event

By Global Business and Economics Program

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) covered the Global Business and Economics Program’s Dangers of Divergence: Transatlantic Financial Reform & the G20 Agenda event.

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

New Atlanticist

Jan 23, 2014

Getting to Yes on Transatlantic Financial Regulation

By Chris Brummer

As 2014 gets underway, signs of a fraying regulatory relationship between the European Union and the United States seem to be everywhere. The US Federal Reserve’s tough new regulations on foreign banks have spurred the European Commission to threaten retaliation. Progress toward reconciling US and EU rules on derivatives – one of the main causes of the […]

Press Release

Dec 10, 2013

New Study Warns of the Danger of Divergent Financial Regulations in the Transatlantic Community

WASHINGTON – A new report out today entitled The Danger of Divergence: Transatlantic Financial Reform & the G20 Agenda by the Atlantic Council, Thomson Reuters, and TheCityUK examines the state of financial regulatory reform in the United States and the European Union. It highlights the dangers that regulatory divergence can pose to both financial stability […]

Report

Dec 10, 2013

The Danger of Divergence: Transatlantic Financial Reform & the G20 Agenda

By Chris Brummer

Since the last report on this topic—The Danger of Divergence: Transatlantic Cooperation on Financial Reform, published in 2010 by the Atlantic Council and Thomson Reuters—the United States and Europe have worked to translate an ever-growing body of international financial regulations into legally binding domestic regulations. Although this process has been largely harmonious and remarkably consistent, […]

Economy & Business European Union

Trade in Action

Dec 2, 2013

What We’re Reading | November 26

Onto Round 3!US chief TTIP negotiator Dan Mullaney and EU chief negotiator Ignacio Garcia-Bercero shake hands after the conclusion of the second round of negotiations in Brussels on November 15.

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

Transatlantic Finance Initiative

Oct 11, 2013

About the Transatlantic Finance Initiative

In 2013, the Atlantic Council and C. Boyden Gray Fellow Chris Brummer launched the Transatlantic Finance Initiative (TFI) in order to conduct a meaningful discussion on international financial, fiscal, and monetary regulation. Under TFI, the Atlantic Council provides a platform and opportunity for regulators and financial market participants to better understand the nature of these […]

Event Recap

Oct 9, 2013

Jonathan Faull on Transatlantic Approach to Financial Reform

On October 9, the Atlantic Council hosted Jonathan Faull, director-general of Internal Market and Services at the European Commission, to discuss recent European financial regulatory reforms, EU bank re-capitalization efforts, and the future of the transatlantic economic partnership broadly. The discussion was moderated by C. Boyden Gray Fellow Dr. Chris Brummer, and touched on issues […]

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

New Atlanticist

Jul 25, 2013

Bank Leverage Now in EU’s Hands

By Chris Brummer

The ball is in the EU’s court to show just how much international financial coordination will be a race to the top, or to the bottom. Over the last two weeks, US regulators have approved “Basel III” banking regulations that will require banks to increase the amount and quality of capital used to finance their […]

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