TRANSATLANTIC FREE TRADE

In: The Washington quarterly, Band 19, Heft 2, S. 128-133

Abstract

IN ORDER TO EVOLVE NEW PATTERNS FOR JOINT ACTION, THE TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERS MUST MAKE A BASIC COMMITMENT. THE TASKS OF TODAY CAN BE COMPARED WITH THE NEED FOR REORIENTATION THAT FOLLOWED WORLD WAR II AND REQUIRED RADICALLY NEW THINKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC. TODAY THE AGENDA IS THE REDEFINITION OF THE COMMUNITY ENCOMPASSING THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE, AND IT NEEDS STRUCTURES THAT WILL PROVIDE AN UP-TO-DATE FRAMEWORK FOR CLOSE COOPERATION BY THE TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERS INTO THE FUTURE. IT IS TIME NOW TO SEIZE THE HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY BEFORE IT IS PERMANENTLY BLOCKED BY EMERGING TRENDS TOWARD ABANDONING EURO-AMERICAN SOLIDARITY.