The Trade and Technology Dialogue (TTD) is pleased to host the second Stakeholder Assembly to discuss the outcomes of the fourth Ministerial Meeting of the EU-U.S. Trade and Technology Council (TTC) that took place in Luleå on 31 May 2023. This Assembly & Debrief will include two sessions that will takeplaceon 23 June 2023 from 15:00 – 17:00 and on 29 June 2023 from 15:00 – 16:30. All interested stakeholders are kindly invited to join.

To follow up on the inputs and stakeholder recommendations collected after the first TTC Stakeholder Assembly in January 2023, other TTD-organised stakeholder meetings and the Joint Statement issued at the occasion of the fourth EU-U.S. TTC Ministerial Meeting on 31 May 2023, the second Stakeholder Assembly & Debrief will gather views and ideas on next steps. The event will be split into two sessions: one dedicated to technology topics followed by another focusing on trade, in order to provide TTC stakeholders ample opportunity to discuss with the European Commission the state of play of the TTC and provide input on the next steps.

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TWO SESSIONS

SESSION 1 - 23 June - Zooming in on technology-related work in the TTC - register here

SESSION 2 - 29 June - Zooming in on trade-related work in the TTC - for more information and to register for this event please click here 

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SESSION 1 - 23 JUNE - TECHNOLOGY

Second TTC Stakeholder Assembly & Debrief - Zooming in on technology-related work in the TTC

Practical Details 

Date:  23 June, 2023

Time: 15h00 - 17h00 CET / 09h00 – 11h00 EST

Duration: 2 hours

Location:  Virtual - online via Zoom  

Agenda:

- Introductory presentation followed by Q&A session on technology related work in the TTC

- Thematic discussion in breakout rooms: The Commission will share with stakeholders the current state of play in two key technology policy areas and engage in a moderated informational discussion. 

Breakout Room 1: Cooperation on Emerging Technology 

Breakout Room 2: Human rights and values in the digital environment 

Registration for Session 1 (23 June):

Please register here.

Breakout Room 1: Cooperation on Emerging Technology 

The EU and the U.S. are advancing on a variety of work on key critical and emerging technologies. In light of recent developments in AI systems, the transatlantic partners have added special emphasis on generative AI in their work on the Joint Roadmap on Evaluation and Measurement Tools for Trustworthy AI and Risk Management (here). The EU and U.S. have pursued work on the AI Roadmap through the launch of three dedicated expert groups which have now issued a list of 65 key AI terms essential to understanding risk-based approaches to AI (here); and mapped the respective involvement of the EU and U.S. in standardisation activities with the goal of identifying relevant AI-related standards of mutual interest. Also work on semiconductor cooperation, a dedicated 6G roadmap and vision (here), digital ID, a joint Task Force to address open questions on science and technology cooperation in quantum technologies, and standardisation is underway. This breakout room will take stock of the progress made and point to possible next steps and areas for progress.  

Breakout Room 2: Human rights and values in the digital environment

Reports on Human Rights Defenders online, strategic EU-U.S. cooperation on Foreign Information Manipulations and Interference (FIMI).

The EU and US continue their work under the TTC to jointly advance our values in the digital environment, in line with the principles set out in the Declaration on the Future of the Internet. In particular, they agreed on a list of high-level principles on the protection and empowerment of minors and data access for researchers (here) and issued a joint statement setting out actions to combat foreign information manipulation and interference in third countries (here), including a standard for structured threat intelligence and capacity building, particularly in Africa and Latin-America. 

This breakout room will be a broad debrief on various work strands under the human rights and values agenda and will be followed by a Q&A Session focused on existing and future transatlantic initiatives. 

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Supporting documents: 

TTC Stakeholder Assembly Report – 31 January 2023