What does Europe import from the US?

In 2020, EU imports of manufactured goods (80 \%) also had a higher share than primary goods (18 \%). The most imported manufactured goods were machinery & vehicles (38 \%), followed by chemicals (25 \%) and other manufactured products (18 \%).

What is the European Committee of Social Rights?

The European Committee of Social Rights (previously, the Committee of Independent Experts on the European Social Charter) is a regional human rights body that oversees the protection of certain economic and social rights in most of Europe.

What does Europe export to the United States?

EU-the United States trade by type of goods In 2020, EU exports of manufactured goods (88 \%) had a higher share than primary goods (9 \%). The most exported manufactured goods were machinery & vehicles (37 \%), followed by chemicals (32 \%) and other manufactured products (20 \%).

When did European Social Charter on Human Rights came into force?

October 1961 and entered into force on 26 February 1965 (CETS n° 35; 529 UNTS 89).

Is the European Social Charter binding?

The Charter is based on a ratification system, enabling States, under certain conditions, to choose the provisions they are willing to accept as binding international legal obligations. They are encouraged to progressively accept all the Charter’s provisions.

What happened to America’s relationship with Europe?

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and corresponding shift away from Europe as the center of geopolitical confrontation, America and its European allies have been drifting apart. Under President Barack Obama, the drift was papered over by an American leader whose celebrity hid his administration’s disinterest in Europe.

Can the European Union unwind the transatlantic alliance?

Moreover, such sweeping declarations ignore the extent to which the European project owes its very existence to the beneficence, sacrifice and tutelage of the United States, and still relies upon Washington for its security. Europeans can start to unwind the transatlantic alliance, but they do so at their peril.

Does the United States underwrite global security?

Even Obama raised this uncomfortable fact to Europeans, noting, on the occasion of his unwarranted Nobel Peace Prize, that “The United States of America has helped underwrite global security for more than six decades with the blood of our citizens and the strength of our arms.”

Is America’s relationship with Europe Kaput?

Declaring the bond between America and Europe kaput exaggerates both the severity and suddenness of the current predicament. Europeans bemoaning, in the words of one German journalist, that in the White House there’s a “subversive on an extermination mission,” fail to appreciate just how little his election was about them.