At a Brussels Report event on July 14, jointly hosted with the Tholos Foundation, the US Ambassador to the European Union, Andrew Puzder, praised the transatlantic relationship while defending the recently negotiated US-EU trade agreement and warning that the EU’s biggest economic challenges are largely self-inflicted. He noted that scrapping EU non-tarriff barriers would not only benefit US businesses but also Europeans.
A video recording of the fireside chat between the Ambassador and Brussels Report’s editor-in-chief, Pieter Cleppe, can be watched here:
An audio version has also been published as an episode of the Brussels Report podcast. To listen and subscribe to this podcast on Spotify, Apple, Google Podcasts, PocketCasts or other platforms, please click here.
The event was covered by various media.
It was a pleasure to meet and speak with freedom and liberty loving Europeans last night at a Brussels Liberty Network event. The formula for national prosperity is the same no matter what side of the Atlantic you’re on: energy abundance, free markets, and the freedom to build… pic.twitter.com/p8MnOdYUTF
— Ambassador Andrew Puzder (@USAmbEU) July 15, 2026
Speaking at a @Brussels_Report & @Tholos event on July 14, the US Ambassador to the EU, Andrew Puzder. defended the recently negotiated US-EU trade agreement while warning that Europe’s biggest economic challenges are largely self-inflicted https://t.co/NyAVxm577z@usambeu… pic.twitter.com/yM4xii4ot2
— Pieter Cleppe (@pietercleppe) July 15, 2026
