The next European Parliament Elections are approaching quickly. During 22-25 May 2014 citizens of the 28 EU member states will get the chance to elect their representatives to the European Parliament during 2014-2019.  
 

Lithuania is holding  the Presidency of the Council of the European Union since 1 July 2013 for the first time. This presidency will be the last full-term tenure of the current legislative cycle before the European Parliament elections in May 2014.

AALEP supports the goals of the Lithuanian Presidency, which is 'a Credible, Growing and Open European Union'.  The presidency has a demanding policy programme in the next 6 months ahead.

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Major destinations of US. exports  (over $ 1 billion) in 2012 to EU countries were: United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Sweden, Austria, Poland, Finland, Denmark, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Hungary and Portugal.

In 2012 the U.S. exported $ 265.3 billion of goods to the EU.  

All members of the planned free trade area would benefit from the deal, with the US emerging as the biggest winner. But European Union member states stand to make large gains as well. Gross Domestic product per capita would rise by 13.4% in the U.S. and would result in more than a million new jobs in America.

In Europe the largest income winners would be:

Based on AALEP’s research, there are close to 100 multinational corporations on both sides of the Atlantic that seek to directly influence and/or shape the transatlantic economic negotiations agenda, through active participation and support to organizations such as the Trans-Atlantic Business Council (TABC), the Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN) or the recently created Business Coalition for Transatlantic Trade (BCTT).

The 15 companies here below belong to and/or sponsor at least two or more entities concerned with transatlantic economic integration (Transatlantic Business Council (TABC); Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN) or Business Coalition for Transatlantic Trade (BCTT)

Established in 1980 to reflect the increased attention on trade policy and promotion, the U.S. International Trade Administration’s (ITA) mission is to create prosperity by strengthening the competitiveness of U.S. industry, promoting trade and investment, and ensuring fair trade and compliance with trade laws and agreements. ITA has a dedicated workforce of almost 2,400 people in the United States and abroad to accomplish this mission. These ITA employees serve their customers and stakeholders through five program units: 

Created in 2007 the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) is a political body to oversee and accelerate government-to-government cooperation with the aim of advancing economic integration between the European Union and the United States of America.

The United States and the European Union (EU) share an extensive, dynamic, and for many a mutually beneficial political and economic partnership. A growing element of that relationship is the role that the U.S. Congress and the European Parliament (EP) have begun to play, including in areas ranging from foreign and economic policy to regulatory reform.

Since its launch in 1992, the Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN) has consistently sought to help define the transatlantic relationship in the post-Cold War world by promoting the closest possible partnership between the governments and peoples of the European Union and the United States.