The EU and the U.S. often work together to develop international standards. This is the case in fighting terrorism and transnational crime, advancing trade liberalization, and combating piracy and intellectual property violations.

The time horizon may be too long for sole reliance on market solutions - but perhaps the inventiveness of the financial services industry will prove me wrong that point!

We can demonstrate, by our own example, how E.U. freedoms, including the freedom of nationals of other E.U. countries to come and work here, has enabled us to expand our economy.

European investment in Texas alone exceeds all U.S. investment in China and Japan put together.

A terrorist nuclear detonation in a western city would destroy all economic confidence.

If the EU and the US can cooperate successfully on regulating financial markets, everyone else will follow.

Ireland has a role to play in making the E.U. united and strong.

It is not viable for one country to demand a right to increase and upgrade its nuclear weapons capabilities while asking others to eliminate theirs.

Non-proliferation will only work if all states are willing to cooperate, and that will only happen if all feel they are being treated fairly.

One cannot have economic growth without security.

Since creation of the E.U. a half century ago, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history.

States can be deterred by the fear of retaliation; non-state organisations cannot by deterred at all.

That's where my job comes in. Getting the E.U. and U.S. to agree.

The E.U. imports more agricultural goods from developing countries around the world than does the U.S., Canada and Japan, combined.

The E.U. is the world's fastest growing democratic body.

The economy is not an abstraction. The economy consists of people, and it will only grow if people feel secure and are reasonably free.

The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace.

The U.S. - E.U. economic relationship dwarfs America's economic ties with China.

U.S. companies earn more from their investments in the EU than in the rest of the world combined.

U.S. companies rely on the European market for more than half of their global foreign profits.