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American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union was founded as part of the American Chamber of Commerce to Belgium. Starting off in the form of the ‘Common Market Panel’ in the early 1960s, the organization evolved over the years first to the ‘EEC Committee’ in 1978, then to the ‘EU Committee’
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The committee publishes position statements, research papers, newsletters and social media content that are distributed in
Brussels and throughout Europe. It also meets with representatives in Brussels and presidencies around the EU in its channel driven groups through conferences and consultations.
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Strategy in a position paper. However, it has been described as hypocritical in its stances on green issues by various green organizations like
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AmCham EU was the 8th most active corporate lobby association between 2014 and 2019. It was identified as "provid(ing) us the opportunity to engage various EU directorates" by
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The committee also has a staff that works on behalf of their member companies. The CEO is Susan Danger. Through ACE, it is affiiated with the
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in 1995. The EU Committee changed its name to AmCham EU in 2003 and became an independent organization on
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It has been credited as being a major lobbyist for
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