 These include, namely, the annual EU-US Summit meetings established by the Transatlantic Declaration of 1990, the Transatlantic Dialogues (Business, Consumers, Environment, and Labour) and other initiatives.The TLD constitutes the formal response of the European Parliament and the US Congress to the commitment in the New
Transatlantic Agenda (NTA) of 1995, to enhanced parliamentary ties between the European Union and the United States.In practical terms, the TLD includes the bi-annual meetings of the European Parliament and the US Congress delegations and a series of teleconferences, organised on specific topics of mutual concern, with a view to fostering an ongoing and uninterrupted dialogue.