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Transatlantic Regulatory Harmonization: The Way to Increased Trade, Investment, and Cooperation between the US and the EU?

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Thursday, February 22 2007
Webinar

German Chancellor Angela Merkel s Grand Coalition government has proposed an ambitious plan to boost transatlantic trade. Sometimes referred to (erroneously) as a Transatlantic Free Trade Area, the Chancellor s proposal seeks out areas where regulatory requirements in the US and EU stifle trade and investment. The plan would seek to harmonize those regulations so that US and EU manufacturers and other businesses could work more efficiently to serve both of these major markets.

The proposal comes at a special time for Germany, which has the Presidency of the European Union and the Presidency of the G-8 during 2007. It has won the endorsement of a number of major political players, including Presidents Bush and Barrosso, and therefore needs to be considered carefully.

This February 22nd program gave an overview of Chancellor Merkel s proposal and examine the prospects for achievement of its goals.

Presenter:

Lewis Leibowitz, ASIL member and Hogan & Hartson partner

To view the webinar, click here.

To view the pdf version of the slides, click here.

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International trade law specialist and Hogan and Hartson partner Lewis Leibowitz practices in the areas of international trade law, customs law, and international commercial transactions. He represents clients before all federal courts and agencies dealing with international trade matters. Leibowitz has served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland Law School and is a frequent speaker and panelist on international trade law and policy subjects.

Mr. Leibowitz advises and assists clients in actual and potential antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings. He is also active in negotiations and in dispute settlement activities involving the World Trade Organization, international trade initiatives, and other trade agreements, as well as in advising clients in private industry and government on these matters.

As a member of the firm's legislative as well as international trade group, Mr. Leibowitz is active in legislative matters affecting international trade law and policy and works extensively in matters affecting US foreign trade zones (FTZs). He counsels clients on the benefits of foreign trade zone use and represents clients in numerous FTZ application proceedings and related matters.

Mr. Leibowitz also works on matters affecting international trade in aerospace, agriculture, the automotive industry, energy, and the steel industry. In the steel trade area, he has represented clients in a number of cases affecting steel trade, including the negotiation of international steel agreements, antidumping/countervailing duty proceedings, trade counseling, and legislative matters. He was very active in the successful effort on behalf of steel consuming industries to remove the Steel Safeguard measures in effect from 2002 to 2003.