Amcham Greece Executive Director Elias Spirtounias participated in the annual Transatlantic Conference held in Washington and Dallas between May 4 and 9.
Twenty-two delegates representing twenty-one American Chambers of Commerce from Europe and wider Europe came together in Washington, DC and Dallas, Texas this week for a series of high-level government and stakeholder policy meetings as part of their annual Transatlantic Conference.
The five-day trip saw the launch of their latest publication Together for Jobs & Growth: The Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership, as well as the presentation of the updated Case for Investing in Europe at a cocktail reception hosted by the US Chamber of Commerce, with over 100 Washington figures from key government institutions and businesses in attendance. The delegation also met with senior State and Commerce department officials, where the advocacy work of Amchams, in their countries was lauded by both Julieta Noves, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia US Department and Ambassador David Thorne, special advisor to Secretary of State Kerry.
The AmChams in Europe (ACE) members enjoyed a working dinner with the Manufacturer’s Alliance, visited C-SPAN’s offices, and held the ACE board meeting at the Honeywell offices with Art Simonetti, Vice-President Government Affairs in DC.The delegation continued to Dallas where the Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce hosted a cocktail reception in honour of ACE’s visit, with guest speaker Ron Kirk, former USTR, giving a keynote address. The delegation also had a dinner with Pia Orrenius, VP and Senior Economist at the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank. The trip concluded with site four visits to locally-based companies Lockheed Martin, ExxonMobil, Mary Kay and Kimberly Clark.