DIGITALEUROPE for DIGITALEUROPE

Science/Technology SCI

Artificial intelligence and emerging technology policy, including engagement regarding the White House AI Action Plan; the American AI Exports Program / AI Export Program, including DIGITALEUROPEs response to the related Call for Information and issues of trusted-allied participation, interoperability, and AI export rules; congressional AI policy proposals including the READ AI Models Act (H.R. 6461), concerning AI model transparency and documentation, and the Expanding AI Voices Act (H.R. 7158), concerning AI skills, research, and broader access to AI; and related transatlantic AI cooperation initiatives, including the Pax Silica initiative and Tech NATO concept, as they affect AI governance, standards, supply chains, and competitiveness.

Contacted: Intl Trade Administration (ITA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 7158 (119th), H.R. 6461 (119th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

EU-U.S. trade and digital trade matters, including engagement regarding the EU-U.S. trade agreement / trade framework (including implementation, market openness, tariff predictability, non-tariff barriers, and related economic-security issues); the U.S. Section 301 investigations on Industrial Excess Capacity, including concern regarding inclusion of the European Union and related written-response / consultation issues; the EU-U.S. cybersecurity mutual recognition agreement and related digital/cyber implementation under the trade framework; and trade- and market-access aspects of the American AI Exports Program / AI Export Program, including trusted allied participation, commercial deployment, investment conditions, and openness to trusted partners.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Telecommunications TEC

Telecommunications and secure connectivity policy, including engagement regarding U.S.-EU cooperation on trusted telecom supply chains, secure connectivity in third countries, and next-generation network policy; NTIA-related issues including the Global Coalition on Telecommunications 6G Security and Resilience Principles, interoperability, and supply-chain resilience, and 5G/6G and AI-native telecom infrastructure; and related transatlantic telecommunications issues including the EU Digital Networks Act, investment conditions for next-generation connectivity, and open, interoperable, and trusted telecom infrastructure among allied partners.

Contacted: Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)

Foreign Relations FOR

U.S.-EU foreign relations and transatlantic digital diplomacy, including engagement regarding the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policys priorities on digital policy, standards, and emerging technology; U.S.-EU cooperation on secure connectivity in third countries and broader transatlantic technology cooperation among trusted partners; Washington-Brussels digital dialogue and related diplomatic coordination on AI, cyber, and digital policy; allied coordination around the Tech7 / G7 Digital Ministerial and related transatlantic technology deliverables; and broader U.S.-EU strategic coordination on digital sovereignty, critical technologies, and the Pax Silica initiative as they affect transatlantic relations.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)

Homeland Security HOM

Cybersecurity and EU-U.S. cyber cooperation as an achievable and practical topic for closer EU-US collaboration, notably the Turnberry Deal commitment to launch negotiations for a Cyber Mutual Recognition Agreement, but also wider efforts towards Cyber Harmonisation and reducing duplicate reporting burden.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills) TAR

Implementation of the Turnberry Deal, notably changes in tariffs to EU exports into the United States. The need for both the US and EU to maintain certain level of openness, to profit from advanced technologies, manufactured in allied jurisdictions.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS)