European Trade Commissioner Ashton gave an excellent speech today at the Carnegie Endowment in Washington in defense of free trade. The speech was titled, "The Transatlantic Challenge: Promoting Open Trade." It is posted at http://www.eurunion.org/eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3351&Itemid=152.
In her speech, she showed why open trade is so important, explained how the WTO should remain the center of international trade governance, and discussed the future of the EU-US economic relationship.
