European Parliament 2019-2024 Delegation for relations with the United States D-US_PV(2020)0116 MINUTES of the meeting of 16 January 2020, 10.15-11.45 Strasbourg The meeting was held in camera The meeting opened at 10.21 on Thursday, 16 January 2020, with Radosław Sikorski (Chair) presiding. 1. Adoption of the draft agenda The draft agenda was adopted in the form shown in these minutes. 2. Adoption of the draft minutes of the meeting of 19 December 2019 The minutes were approved. 3. Communications by the Chair The Chair expressed his heartfelt regret that the UK was in all likelihood leaving the EU at the end of January 2020, and that therefore this was the last meetings at which we would benefit from the presence of Vice-Chair, Ms Jackie JONES, and the other British colleagues. He wished to place on record his deep appreciation for her work and contribution to the delegation, and expressed the hope that she would return in the not too distant future. 4. Exchange of views with Gordon Sondland, US Ambassador to the EU At his first appearance before the D-US delegation this term, Ambassador Sondland explained to an in camera audience how he sees the current state of EU-US relations, which are the US PV\1196652EN.docx PE634.325v01-00 EN United in diversity EN main priorities, worries and foes looking at the internal situation in the US, our bilateral relation and the international context. Issues such as shared values and vision, trade, standards, investments, privacy shield, energy, research, EDF, 5G, China, Western Balkans, Russia, Iran and Hezbollah were at the centre of the discussions. Members taking the floor focused questions on visa-waivers, US President, WTO Dispute Settlement and WTO reform, tariffs and bilateral trade, Iran, people-to-people exchanges, Nordstream II, the EU's green deal/US New Deal, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Paris Agreement) and other UN initiatives. The following Members spoke: R. Sikorski, N. Ştefănuță, B. Newton-Dunn, M. Belka, B. Lange, P. Tang, M. Uhrik, D. Huebner, M. Krah, L. Huhtasaari, R. Andresen, P. Fiocchi, M. Bloss, F. Fitzgerald, A. Kanko, M. Kumpula-Natri, J. Jones. 5. Any other business In view of Brexit, Vice Chair Jackie Jones took the floor to thank her colleagues and the Secretariat for their cooperation over the last few months. 6. Date and place of next meeting The next D-US meeting was scheduled from 10.15 - 11.45 on Thursday 13 February 2020 in Strasbourg. The meeting closed at 11.45. PE634.325v01-00 2/6 PV\1196652EN.docx EN ПРИСЪСТВЕН ЛИСТ/LISTA DE ASISTENCIA/PREZENČNÍ LISTINA/DELTAGERLISTE/ ANWESENHEITSLISTE/KOHALOLIJATE NIMEKIRI/ΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΗ ΠΑΡΟΝΤΩΝ/RECORD OF ATTENDANCE/ LISTE DE PRÉSENCE/POPIS NAZOČNIH/ELENCO DI PRESENZA/APMEKLĒJUMU REĢISTRS/DALYVIŲ SĄRAŠAS/ JELENLÉTI ÍV/REĠISTRU TA' ATTENDENZA/PRESENTIELIJST/LISTA OBECNOŚCI/LISTA DE PRESENÇAS/ LISTĂ DE PREZENŢĂ/PREZENČNÁ LISTINA/SEZNAM NAVZOČIH/LÄSNÄOLOLISTA/NÄRVAROLISTA Бюро/Mesa/Předsednictvo/Formandskabet/Vorstand/Juhatus/Προεδρείο/Bureau/Predsjedništvo/Ufficio di presidenza/Prezidijs/ Biuras/Elnökség/Prezydium/Birou/Predsedníctvo/Predsedstvo/Puheenjohtajisto/Presidiet (*) Radosław Sikorski, Jackie Jones, Nicolae Ştefănuță Членове/Diputados/Poslanci/Medlemmer/Mitglieder/Parlamendiliikmed/Βουλευτές/Members/Députés/Zastupnici/Deputati/Deputāti/ Nariai/Képviselõk/Membri/Leden/Posłowie/Deputados/Deputaţi/Jäsenet/Ledamöter Gerolf Annemans, Marek Belka, Mara Bizzotto, Michael Bloss, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Reinhard Bütikofer, Maria da Graça Carvalho, Katalin Cseh, Geoffroy Didier, Christian Ehler, Derk Jan Eppink, Pietro Fiocchi, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Henrike Hahn, Balázs Hidvéghi, Laura Huhtasaari, Ivars Ijabs, Stasys Jakeliūnas, Jackie Jones, Assita Kanko, Arba Kokalari, Maximilian Krah, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Vangelis Meimarakis, Roberta Metsola, Bill Newton Dunn, Dan Nica, Alfred Sant, Helmut Scholz, Liesje Schreinemacher, Paul Tang, Nils Ušakovs, Anna Zalewska Заместници/Suplentes/Náhradníci/Stedfortrædere/Stellvertreter/Asendusliikmed/Αναπληρωτές/Substitutes/Suppléants/Zamjenici/ Supplenti/Aizstājēji/Pavaduojantysnariai/Póttagok/Sostituti/Plaatsvervangers/Zastępcy/Membros suplentes/Supleanţi/Náhradníci/ Namestniki/Varajäsenet/Suppleanter Rasmus Andresen, Damian Boeselager, Frances Fitzgerald, Neena Gill, Sunčana Glavak, Martin Hlaváček, Danuta Maria Hübner, Virginie Joron, Peter Kofod, Sergey Lagodinsky, César Luena, David McAllister, Adriana Maldonado López, Eva Maydell, Andżelika Anna Możdżanowska, Siegfried Mureşan, Gheorghe-Vlad Nistor, Milan Uhrík, Loránt Vincze, Željana Zovko 209 (7) Bernd Lange 216 (3) 56 (8) (Точка от дневния ред/Punto del orden del día/Bod pořadu jednání (OJ)/Punkt på dagsordenen/Tagesordnungspunkt/ Päevakorra punkt/Σημείο της ημερήσιας διάταξης/Agenda item/Point OJ/Točka dnevnog reda/Punto all'ordine del giorno/Darba kārtības punkts/Darbotvarkės punktas/Napirendi pont/Punt Aġenda/Agendapunt/Punkt porządku dziennego/Ponto OD/Punct de pe ordinea de zi/Bod programu schôdze/Točka UL/Esityslistan kohta/Punkt på föredragningslistan) PV\1196652EN.docx 3/6 PE634.325v01-00 EN Наблюдатели/Observadores/Pozorovatelé/Observatører/Beobachter/Vaatlejad/Παρατηρητές/Observers/Observateurs/Promatrači/ Osservatori/Novērotāji/Stebėtojai/Megfigyelők/Osservaturi/Waarnemers/Obserwatorzy/Observadores/Observatori/Pozorovatelia/ Opazovalci/Tarkkailijat/Observatörer По покана на председателя/Por invitación del presidente/Na pozvání předsedy/Efter indbydelse fra formanden/Auf Einladung des Vorsitzenden/Esimehe kutsel/Με πρόσκληση του Προέδρου/At the invitation of the Chair/Sur l'invitation du président/ Na poziv predsjednika/Su invito del presidente/Pēc priekšsēdētāja uzaicinājuma/Pirmininkui pakvietus/Az elnök meghívására/ Fuq stedina taċ-'Chairman'/Op uitnodiging van de voorzitter/Na zaproszenie Przewodniczącego/A convite do Presidente/La invitaţia preşedintelui/ Na pozvanie predsedu/Na povabilo predsednika/Puheenjohtajan kutsusta/På ordförandens inbjudan Gordon Sondland, US Ambassador to the EU Съвет/Consejo/Rada/Rådet/Rat/Nõukogu/Συμβούλιο/Council/Conseil/Vijeće/Consiglio/Padome/Taryba/Tanács/Kunsill/Raad/ Conselho/Consiliu/Svet/Neuvosto/Rådet (*) Комисия/Comisión/Komise/Kommissionen/Kommission/Komisjon/Επιτροπή/Commission/Komisija/Commissione/Bizottság/ Kummissjoni/Commissie/Komisja/Comissão/Comisie/Komisia/Komissio/Kommissionen (*) Европейска служба за външна дейност/Servicio Europeo de Acción Exterior/Evropská služba pro vnější činnost/ EU-Udenrigstjenesten/Europäischer Auswärtiger Dienst/Euroopa välisteenistus/Ευρωπαϊκή Υπηρεσία Εξωτερικής Δράσης/European External Action service/Service européen pour l'action extérieure/Europska služba za vanjsko djelovanje/Servizio europeo per l’azione esterna/Eiropas Ārējās darbības dienests/Europos išorės veiksmų tarnyba/Európai Külügyi Szolgálat/Servizz Ewropew għall-Azzjoni Esterna/Europese dienst voor extern optreden/Europejska Służba Działań Zewnętrznych/Serviço Europeu para a Acção Externa/ Serviciul european pentru acţiune externă/Európska služba pre vonkajšiu činnosť/Evropska služba za zunanje delovanje/Euroopan ulkosuhdehallinto/Europeiska avdelningen för yttre åtgärd (*) Michal Pavuk (from Brussels) Други институции и органи/Otras instituciones y organismos/Ostatní orgány a instituce/Andre institutioner og organer/Andere Organe und Einrichtungen/Muud institutsioonid ja organid/Λοιπά θεσμικά όργανα και οργανισμοί/Other institutions and bodies/Autres institutions et 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