Published: May 17th, 2022,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025
The contrast with the first round of the Trade and Technology Council (TTC) could not have been greater. The representatives of the US and the EU demonstrated great unity after the meeting in Paris on Monday. The launch of the new forum last September was still overshadowed by the fact that Washington had negotiated a new security pact for the Indo-Pacific region with the UK and Australia behind the EU’s back in the preceding months, with a French submarine deal falling through.