U.S.-CHINA RELATIONSHIP COMPLICATES EUROPE'S TIES WITH CHINA
China's cultural, historical sense of self will guide its rise, not U.S.-Europe intervention
April 29, 2007
At a panel on transatlantic approaches to China’s rising influence, two Europeans told a Brussels Forum crowd that the China-U.S. relationship poses complications for Europe’s relationship with China.

COX: U.S. AND EU SHOULD ACCEPT LIMITS TO REGULATORY HARMONIZATION
On eve of U.S.-EU Summit, Brussels Forum tackles transatlantic marketplace
April 29, 2007
With a plan for a council directing transatlantic economic cooperation to be signed at Monday’s U.S.-EU summit, U.S. Security and Exchange Commission Christopher Cox officials told a Brussels Forum audience that there are some regulations that should not be synchronized across the Atlantic.

HOLBROOKE: AFGHANISTAN REPRESENTS THE ULTIMATE TEST FOR NATO
Brussels Forum continues with discussions on Afghanistan and Globalization; Kimmitt calls for less regulation across the Atlantic
April 28, 2007
Richard Holbrooke, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, told an audience today during Brussels Forum that the deterioration of the Karzai government threatens the war effort in Afghanistan.

BREYER: U.S. NEEDS TOUGH LAW PROTECTING CIVIL LIBERTIES
Supreme Court Justice jousts with German interior minister, author of the Patriot Act
April 28, 2007
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer told a Brussels Forum audience today that the United States must work hard to ensure civil liberties.

ZOELLICK: U.S. NOT PUSHING RUSSIA AWAY
Holbrooke adds that Putin’s next big test is Kosovo
April 28, 2007
Speaking today at Brussels Forum, Robert Zoellick, former Deputy Secretary of State, and Richard Holbrooke, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, agreed that Russia will be a top foreign policy issue for both parties in the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign.

SOLANA: TIME FOR U.S. TO OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH IRAN
Brussels Forum opens with EU foreign policy chief discussing timely visit to Tehran; Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt signals for a stronger European Union
April 27, 2007
Javier Solana, the European Union High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, told an audience at Brussels Forum today that the United States should consider opening a line of communication with Iran.