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Opening Remarks
Pages 14-19

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... You represent the "cutting edge" in your respective fields, and through this conference we hope that ideas are shared and cooperation enhanced to the mutual benefit of both the United States and the European Union. The launching of our new S&T agreement is an occasion of great expectation as well as tremendous personal and professional satisfaction.
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From page 15...
... It broadens our cooperation and has the most complete set of cooperative mechanisms we have ever had: semiannual summit meetings, regular subcabinetlevel meetings, and a broad range of working-level contacts. Most importantly, the NTA provides a blueprint for strengthening cooperation between the United States and Europe into the twenty-first century.
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From page 16...
... At the State Department, we await your suggestions and input. We will work closely with our European Commission partners to ensure that we live up to the promise of our new agreement.
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From page 17...
... Since then, our transatlantic partnership has been the leading force for peace, democracy, prosperity, and development for ourselves and the world. The New Transatlantic Agenda signed in Madrid in December 1995 confirms the commitment of the European Union and the United States to further develop, in the new global economic and geopolitical environment, our common goal of fostering an active and vibrant transatlantic community.
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From page 18...
... The second thought I would like to share with you concerns the increasing importance of collaborative partnerships between industry, academia, and national labs as a way to speed up the ability of our economies to shorten the product-to-market time frame and increase competitiveness in global markets. The very first European Framework Programme stressed these partnerships.
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From page 19...
... This conference endeavors to provide such a climate for at least four research areas by bringing together investigators and managers active on both sides. I believe the task ahead of you during these two days is to work within these boundary constraints, as mathematicians like to call them, and to try and identify proposals for future collaborative work.
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