In total there are almost 3,000 American companies in Russia, and the U.S. is also the leader in terms of foreign companies in Special Economic Zones, with 11 projects.

The U.S.-Russia Business Council (USRBC), based in Washington, D.C., with an office in Moscow, is the premier U.S.-based trade association representing the interests of its U.S. and Russian member companies on commercial matters. USRBC’s global approach is to work with a company’s headquarters as well any offices in the United States, Russia or regional capitals to advance a company’s bilateral trade and investment agenda.

In September 2016, the European Commission launched a proposal for a so-called ‘mandatory’ lobby transparency register. According to the European Commission the new Agreement streamlines the broad definition of activities covered by the Register which is one of the main strengths of the current EU system compared to many national lobbying regulation regimes.

1. Sergiy Kudelia: Baylor University
2. Steven Pifer: Brookings Institution
3. Fiona Hill: Brookings Institution
4. Arthur Martirosyan: The Bridgeway Group
5. David Speedie: Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
6. Andrew S. Weiss: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
7. Eugene Rumer: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
8. Dmitri Trenin: Carnegie Moscow Center
9. Sergey Minasyan: Caucasus Institute
10. Paul Saunders: Center for the National Interest

Author: Dmitry Suslov, Director of the Valdai Club program “Globalization and Regionalization: General State of the World Economy and Global Governance.” He is also Deputy Director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the National Research University, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.

The Members of the European Parliament  voted on 13 December to change their rules of procedure in an effort to make the parliamentary activity more efficient, but also more transparent (the Corbett report). However, the report was fiercely disputed and in some cases some MEPs opposed making the decisions more open to the public. Among the topics voted upon were  the second jobs of the MEPs and regulating the meetings with lobbyists.

Source: VoteWatch.eu

MEPs won’t be able to meet persons who are not in the transparency register

A new era in U.S-Russia relations is coming, one that will be driven by business relationships, rather than security concerns or other isues. Both Russia and the United States will work on problems together, instead of remaining consistently obstructed by a long history of toxic personal relationships. President-elect Trump is a man who is open for business and President Putin is a man who means business. The crux of world peace and general prosperity is contingent upon the two countries working in concert, rather than under the guise of suspicion and hatred.

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The U.S. Mission to the European Union and all U.S. Embassies in Europe are committed to supporting U.S. companies to start exporting or grow their exports to the European Union.

The Trans-Atlantic Business Council (TABC) was created as the result of a merger between TransAtlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) and European-American Business Council (EABC).

The Trans-Atlantic Business Council (TABC) is a cross-sectorial business association representing companies headquartered in the EU and U.S. that serves as the main business interlocutor to both the U.S. government and the EU institutions on issues impacting the transatlantic economy.