Please join the Atlantic Council’s Future Europe Initiative and the Romanian-American Chamber of Commerce for a public conversation on “Securing the Next Century of US-Romanian Partnership.” This event will take place on Friday, October 30, 2020 from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Eastern via Zoom.

This year the United States and Romania celebrate 140 years of diplomatic relations and enter into one decade of strategic partnership. Building on the recent $7 billion memorandum of understanding between the Export-Import Bank of the United States and Romanian Ministry of Economy, Energy and the Business Environment to support joint economic cooperation, this partnership can help inform a post-COVID-19 transatlantic strategy. Such cooperation is more important than ever as the transatlantic alliance faces increasingly complex challenges, including traditional threats and unforeseen risks due to the novel coronavirus. As we celebrate these achievements, experts from the US and Romania will also gather to outline key challenges and opportunities for economic growth, prosperity, and security, both in the Black Sea region and Europe more broadly.

This discussion brings experts from the US and Central Europe together to outline actions toward a common agenda for the post-pandemic future, and is part of the Council’s broader virtual event series Central Europe Week: Charting A Post COVID-19 Future Together.

We hope you will join us for this important and timely conversation.

Featured Speakers:
• Mr. Dan Negrea – Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs / US Department of State
• Mr. Stephen Renna – Chief Banking Officer / Export – Import Bank of the United States

Moderator:
• Ms. Clara Volintiru – Associate Professor of International Relations / Bucharest University of Economic Studies (ASE)

Opening Remarks By:
• General James L. Jones – Executive Chairman Emeritus, Atlantic Council; Former National Security Advisor to the President of the United States; Founder, Jones Group, International