But our system of regulation must keep up with this. If it fails to keep up, it will hold back economic expansion. We need financial market regulation that works at national and European level.

But our system of regulation must keep up with this. If it fails to keep up, it will hold back economic expansion. We need financial market regulation that works at national and European level.

U.S. companies rely on the European market for more than half of their global foreign profits.

Ireland has a role to play in making the E.U. united and strong.

The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace.

The E.U. imports more agricultural goods from developing countries around the world than does the U.S., Canada and Japan, combined.

That's where my job comes in. Getting the E.U. and U.S. to agree.