The Atlantic Council established the Transatlantic Digital Marketplace Initiative (TDMI) in 2015 with the goal of fostering greater US-EU understanding and cooperation on digital matters. The Initiative promotes collaboration of US and EU policy perspectives on digital issues and convenes leaders from both sides of the Atlantic working in this space.
The Initiative facilitates greater US-EU dialogue on today’s most crucial transatlantic digital affairs through written reports, public convenings with US and European officials and leading experts, and unique simulations designed to introduce national security experts to the importance—and challenges—of digitalization.
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Since 2015, TDMI has produced prominent reports on US and European digital policies, the transatlantic digital economy, and digitalization across Europe. In 2020, TDMI fellows authored the leading report, “The European Union and the search for digital sovereignty: Building “Fortress Europe” or preparing for a new world?” helping define what European digital sovereignty means for transatlantic relations.
More recently, the Initiative has shaped the discussion about the US-EU Trade and Technology Council, transatlantic data flows, and transatlantic competition policy.
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The Transatlantic Digital Marketplace Initiative regularly hosts high-level officials working on digital policy from both the US and EU for organized off-the-record sessions and public events.
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