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My official visit to Washington DC has drawn to a close with another full day of meetings, interviews and discussions.

🔷I had productive bilateral meetings with senior executives from Amazon, Apple and Meta, discussing a wide range of issues including their strong presence in the EU, the importance of the single market, competitiveness, the digital trading environment, tech innovation, data privacy and consumer protection, including online safety of children.

♦️It was also great to engage in a round table format with a number of very large EU businesses operating in the U.S. on global trade, consumer protection, the current geopolitical environment and plans for the EU to progress its simplification and innovation agenda.

🔷 I had a good discussion with Beth Williams, Board Member of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board on the ongoing work and full commitment to implementing the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Looking forward to continuing our cooperation. This Framework is a vital part of the architecture that underpins transatlantic trade.

♦️I also had the opportunity to brief EU Ambassadors to the U.S. on my visit to Washington.

🔷 I wrapped up the day with media engagements - I spoke to Sean Whelan for RTE with the iconic White House backdrop, and had a great conversation with Caitriona Perry for the BBC News.

Sincere thanks also to Danny McCoy and the team at Ibec for the opportunity to attend and address their St. Patrick’s day dinner on Wednesday evening - a great chance to meet so many Irish businesses making serious waves in the US.

Thank you to the EU delegation to the U.S. led by Jovita Neliupšienė and all my own team and colleagues in DG JUST for having put in so much work to organise this mission.

My overall takeaway from the mission: Notwithstanding current challenges, the EU and U.S. are strong allies and the relationship is unquestionably mutually beneficial. Let’s keep up the dialogue and work together to find solutions where we may not see eye to eye. A very rewarding and rich two days.