MESEBERG, Germany, June 10 (UPI) -- Broad agreement on trade, the climate and agriculture, among other topics, was reached at the U-S.-European Union summit, a White House spokesman said Tuesday.
U.S. President George Bush and EU ministers attending the summit in Slovenia had a "wide range of agreement on what needs to be done going forward," National Security Adviser Steve Hadley told reporters while traveling to Meseberg, Germany, Bush's next stop.
The dignitaries discussed the Transatlantic Economic Council as a "very important vehicle" for removing regulatory roadblocks between the United States and Europe to improve trade and investment, he said.
"This is an indication about the importance, I think, and the significance of that effort," Hadley said.
He said Bush and the ministers reached "very real consensus" on climate change and "the key needs to be for the developed countries and the major developing countries -- like India, China -- need to be involved ... ."
The United States and the EU are "probably working together better" on agriculture issues than before, Hadley said, but more work must be done in non-agricultural manufacturing.
Concerning the Balkans, Afghanistan and the Middle East, Hadley said the United States and the European Union have been working together closely.
