Trade Committee Meeting – Discussion with Damien Levie – Washington DC

Date: 10/15/14

Please join us next Wednesday, October 15, 10:00 – 11:00 am for a discussion with Damien Levie – First Counselor and Head of the Trade & Ag Section at the European Union Delegation in Washington, DC.

Although he has just recently take up his post here, Damien has worked closely with many of us in his previous jobs at the Commission. This meeting is a chance to remind him of your key EU priorities and hear his latest insights on a range of topics including TTIP at the end the 7th round of negotiations, Russia sanctions, energy trade, the new European Parliament and the formation Juncker Commission with Commissioner Cecilia Malmström moving from Home Affairs to take charge of Trade.

This meeting is off the record and will be held at NFTC’s offices, 1625 K Street NW, Suite 200.

Please RSVP belowl.

Background:

Bio of Damien Levie: http://www.euintheus.org/who-we-are/meet-our-staff/trade-and-agriculture-trade-section/biography-damien-levie/

Readout of 7th TTIP round: http://www.borderlex.eu/ttip-round-7-advanced-technical-groundwork-contentious-issues-table/

The Juncker Commission: http://ec.europa.eu/about/juncker-commission/structure/index_en.htm

Top 10 Priorities of the Juncker Commission: http://ec.europa.eu/about/juncker-commission/priorities/index_en.htm

Top 5 Priorities of Juncker as Commission President: http://juncker.epp.eu/my-priorities

Homepage of Celia Malmström: http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/malmstrom/index_en.htm

Malmström Opening Remarks at MEP hearing on
http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2014/september/tradoc_152807.pdf