The upcoming Circular Economy Act represents a crucial opportunity to address longstanding business challenges through simplification and the strengthening of the Single Market. Its success depends on revising the Waste Framework Directive (WFD) and the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive, re-opening some provisions of the Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR) and the Single Market Transparency Directive, promptly adopting secondary legislation under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and implementing financial flanking measures where necessary.

Europe’s environmental rules have become increasingly complex, creating contradictory and duplicative requirements that undermine the EU’s competitiveness globally. With the Environmental Omnibus, the EU has an opportunity to streamline its most complex rules. Tackling overlaps, inconsistencies and excessive reporting obligations would improve legal clarity, enhance predictability and strengthen the business case for investment and the clean transition. From permitting to product sustainability, waste, chemicals and beyond, learn why clearer rules will drive Europe’s competitiveness and accelerate the green transition.

As Europe accelerates its green transition, energy security has become a central pillar of its long-term strategic resilience and industrial competitiveness. American companies in Europe are investing in clean technologies and decarbonisation, but their progress relies on stable, affordable and diversified energy supplies. To support this, the EU must revise its energy security framework by modernising grid infrastructure, streamlining permitting procedures and scaling up energy storage and digitalisation. At the same time, protecting critical infrastructure from cyber and hybrid threats is vital to maintaining system reliability. Learn how closer EU-US cooperation on clean energy and resilient supply chains will achieve a secure transatlantic energy future.