Brussels, 23/04/2002 (Agence Europe) - Within the framework of assessing Trans-Atlantic relations, the European Commission has been called on in a communication by Pascal Lamy and Chris Patten, to attend a meeting on Wednesday on a positive agenda aimed at re-launching a new phase in the rapprochement between the Union and USA at their next Summit meeting in Washington n 2-3 May. EUROPE believes that this document prepared by the two Commissioners responsible for EU trade and external political policies identifies the fields in which the EU and USA can and have an interest in making concrete progress. These include financial services and the stock exchanges (in terms of harmonising regulation) standards on organic foodstuff products, electronic aspects of customs processes, regulatory co-operation in road safety (standards and current regulation or that being prepared), insurance (regulatory co-operation), measures and demands in sanitary and phytosanitary matters etc. The draft Trans-Atlantic agenda ought to allow partners to take concrete action within a short period (until the 2003 summit) to develop a closer and more constructive relationship and includes a political chapter. EUROPE will return to this subject).