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TRANSATLANTIC NEWS

15 Sep

Chapter News, News

OECD | G20 GDP Growth Slows Slightly to 0.7% in the Second Quarter of 2026

GDP (Gross Domestic Product) in the G20 area grew by 0.7% in the second quarter of 2026, slightly down from 0.8% in the previous quarter, according to provisional estimates (Figure 1). This reflected a mixed picture across G20 countries for which data were available, with most recording a slowdown. Among G20 economies with available data, the contraction in Saudi Arabia deepened, with GDP falling by 4.8% in Q2 2026, following a 1.4% decline in Q1. This mainly reflected a sharp...

14 Sep

Chapter News, News

ECB | A New Age of Capital: Growth, Sovereignty and AI

Speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, at “Hofburg im Dialog – Economy, Europe, Resilience” in Vienna, Austria Vienna, 14 September 2026 Let me begin with a story that starts in this city. In this country, the years before 1873 have a name: the “Gründerzeit”, or “founders’ era”. The old city walls had come down and the Ringstrasse was rising where they had stood. Railways were pushing out across the empire. New banks and joint stock companies were being founded by the...

11 Sep

Chapter News, News

IMF | Monetary Policy with Supply Shocks and High Debt

Remarks by Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director at the Bank for International Settlement Dear Fabio, dear Pablo, dear governors—thank you for inviting me here to share a few thoughts on the challenges faced by central banks as our stewards of monetary policy. Over the past 20 years, we have seen the Great Moderation give way to the global financial crisis, followed by a long spell at the effective lower bound, followed by a succession of large shocks, from the pandemic to the...

09 Sep

Chapter News, News

European Commission | The EU’s Plan to Grow Innovation in Europe

Europe has plenty of world-class research, talent and creativity. However, too often ideas originating in Europe are turned into economic success by others, elsewhere. This is because European innovators face barriers here and find it difficult to bring their ideas to life. As a result, the Commission proposed a new European innovation act to help Europe's most innovative ideas be developed, financed and scaled up in Europe. To strengthen the EU innovation system, the proposal will address two main challenges....

08 Sep

Chapter News, News

IMF | A World Seeking Balance

Surpluses and deficits reflect deeper choices about saving and investment across interconnected economies. More than 80 years ago, John Maynard Keynes centered his work on the persistence of global imbalances. The great economist tried to resolve what he described as the “secular international problem” at the Bretton Woods conference in 1944 through an international clearinghouse. But the conference’s final agreement included only a weaker set of remedies. Concern about imbalances has waxed and waned in the decades since, but has returned to the forefront...

UPCOMING EACC EVENTS

25 Sep

INVITATION ONLY | Breakfast Briefing with Michael McGrath, EU Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection

08:45 AM - 10:00 AM

EACCNY cordially invites you for a small, closed-door roundtable to discuss issues pertinent to the Commissioner's portfolio, particularly privacy/data flows and consumer protection, along with EU initiatives such as EU AI Act, the forthcoming Digital Fairness Act, countering disinformation, and the enhancement of criminal justice cooperation as it relates to market competitiveness.

01 Oct

The New Era of U.S. Trade Enforcement - Trends, Tools, and Business Implications

05:30 PM - 08:00 PM

Trade enforcement activity in the United States has intensified markedly in recent months, with a notable rise in both civil and criminal actions. The Administration - among others - has expanded its use of anti-money laundering tools to investigate and prosecute trade related fraud, including undervaluation, mis-declared origin, and other customs evasion schemes. Join us for an in‑depth discussion on current U.S. trade enforcement trends and learn how Transatlantic businesses can proactively prepare for this evolving landscape.

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MEMBER NEWS

22 Sep

Member News

Ogletree Deakins | US Executive Order Calls for Interagency Review of Employer Layoffs in H-1B Filing Process

On September 18, 2026, President Trump issued an executive order directing the U.S. Departments of Labor (DOL), Homeland Security (DHS), and State to coordinate more closely on H-1B program administration and take into consideration employers’ recent or planned layoffs. The executive order calls for layoff-related information to be considered across H-1B filings, potentially increasing scrutiny of employers whose workforce reductions overlap with sponsored positions. Quick Hits The executive order directs the secretaries of state, labor, and homeland security to consider whether...

15 Sep

Member News, News

IPTI | Property Tax in the News – September 2026

IPTI’s usual monthly newsletter – the “President’s Message” – contains, inter alia, some summarised news articles from around the world. This IPTI publication – “Property Tax in the News” – contains some of the more interesting news articles concerning property taxes in North America and Europe which is where many of our members have a particular interest. Links to these and more, similarly summarised, articles – from North America, Europe and around the globe – can be found in...

15 Sep

Member News, News

Curl Translations | The Cost of Getting It Wrong: Language, Translation, and International Business

Translation is often treated as an enabling function of international business: necessary, sometimes complex, but ultimately subordinate to the legal, financial, and commercial decisions it supports. This view underestimates the extent to which language itself can shape those decisions. A translation may sit inside a merger agreement worth billions of dollars, determine whether an insurance claim is covered, affect the interpretation of a regulatory filing, or become the focus of a marketing controversy. A single word can alter a...

14 Sep

Member News, News

Littler | Update on the EU Forced Labour Regulation: What the European Commission’s New Guidelines Mean for Companies

In our blog post “Updates on Supply Chain Due Diligence: The EU Forced Labour Regulation", we outlined the key elements of Regulation (EU) 2024/3015. The European Commission has now published, on June 26, 2026, its long-awaited guidelines on the application of the EU Forced Labour Regulation. The guidelines are intended to support companies in practical implementation and, for the first time, provide concrete guidance on the measures that will be expected in practice. Although the guidelines are not legally binding,...

14 Sep

Member News, News

PwC | OECD Inclusive Framework Pillar Two Package Addresses Consistency of Rule Application and Reporting

What happened? The OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework (IF) on 11 September 2026 released a package of Pillar Two materials, including a revised GloBE Information Return (GIR), a framework for the full legislative review of jurisdictions’ Pillar Two rules, and Administrative Guidance on certain conditional taxes and issues with respect to Qualified Domestic Minimum Top-up Taxes (QDMTT) fiscal-period mismatches. The revised GIR implements reporting changes arising from the January 2026 Side-by-Side (SbS) Package. For qualifying US-parented groups applying the SbS safe harbour, certain...

New Micropodcast Series: What’s Happening Across the Atlantic

The EACCNY is happy to announce the launch of its “What’s Happening Across the Atlantic” series, an initiative that aims to offer our members and wider audience hands-on updates on current affairs and policy developments on both sides of the pond. In these 3-5 minute segments, EU and US policy makers and experts along with a select group of EACCNY members will answer a single timely question: What’s Happening Across the Atlantic” focusing on a specific topic that is relevant to our audience.

Member Spotlight

Synthec Fuels is a clean-energy and project development company focused on the production of sustainable fuels and low-carbon energy products from renewable and residual feedstocks. The company develops large-scale projects that convert biomass, biogenic residues and other suitable feedstocks into high-value products such as Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), renewable diesel, renewable naphtha, methanol and hydrogen. Its core focus is the development of industrial-scale SAF projects based on advanced industry proven processes, combining technology integration, engineering, feedstock and site development, permitting and commercial structuring. With projects in North America and Europe, Synthec Fuels is building scalable solutions designed to reduce lifecycle greenhouse-gas emissions and support the decarbonization of aviation and other hard-to-abate sectors.