Europe & Middle East

BRUSSELS – United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai, Sweden’s Permanent Representative to the European Union (EU), Ambassador Mikael Lindvall, and European Commission Deputy Director General for Agriculture and Rural Development, Michael Scannell signed the

Introduction
At the United States-European Union (EU) Summit in June, President Biden, European Commission President von der Leyen, and European Council President Charles Michel announced the formation of the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC). 
 
U.S.-EU Summit Statement | The White House
 

Today, United States Trade Representative Michael Froman released the following statement welcoming Afghanistan as the 164th Member of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Washington, D.C. – Assistant United States Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East L. Daniel Mullaney and Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian today signed the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Armenia.  This agreement establishes a United States-Armenia Council on Trade and Investment to discuss bilateral trade and investment and related issues and examine ways to strengthen the trade and investment relationship between the two countries.