Transatlantic Statistics

EU from Europe and US from the Americas; the major economies in the respective geographies, represent the main trade partners globally both on bilateral level as well as regarding trade with third countries.  Total external trade of EU and US amounts for 45% of global trade.  Bilateral trade between the EU and US amounted US$600 billion in 2007 (goods only).  EU investment to US represented 42 percent of total global investment flows to the country while at the same time over half of all private direct investment outflows from the United States were directed to the EU.  Transatlantic acquisitions, involving EU and US companies amounted to US$330 billion in 2007, a year with the second highest level of M&A value recorded.  Based on 2005 data, US companies employed 3.7 million workers in the EU while EU companies 3.1 million in US.

·      Update on US M&As– 2007 Full Year; Presentation at the ACCA NY Chapter, April 2008.

·      Global M&As and IFRS implications.  An update on global M&A Activity (1Q 2007) and IFRS areas that impact M&A decisions.  A presentation at the “Critical Perspectives on Accounting 2008 Conference” at Baruch College of CU New York, April 2008.

·         Private Equity Investments in Central & Eastern Europe, Panel discussion at the Eastern Europe Think & Act Tank Conference, April 2008, New York.

·         Cross border Mergers & Acquisitions in Europe, Panel discussion at the New York University Italian Cultural Institute, on December 2007.  

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