--Policy support to enhance SME participation in transatlantic commerce.
--Areas of dialogue include: access to export markets, standardization and regulation of SMEs, and green technology/environmental challenges.
--Met in Brussels, June 28-29, 2011 (read Joint Report) and also met in Washington on October 13-14, 2011. The TEC annex on SME Cooperation is the report from that meeting.
-12/04/12
USTR Welcomes U.S.-EU Memorandum of Understanding on Small Business Trade Promotion
-12/03/12
Memorandum of Understanding Between U.S. Department Of Commerce International Trade Administration and Enropean Commission Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry Concerning Cooperation on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
-12/03/12
U.S.-EU Workshop on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the Framework of the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC)
-07/12/12
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Sapiro Leads U.S. Delegation to Transatlantic Economic Council's Third "U.S.-EU Workshop on Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises" in Rome, Italy
-07/12/12
Opening Remarks by Ambassador Miriam Sapiro at the EU-U.S. SME TEC Workshop
-05/11/12
Letter of Intent Between the United States of America and the European Union, Concerning Cooperation in Support of the Activities of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises [
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