U.S.-CREST

Overall Objectives

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Defense & Security Policy

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Transatlantic Coalition Building

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Concept Development & Experimentation

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Defense & Civil Aerospace Trade

Programs/
Defense & Civil Aerospace Trade:

Transatlantic Strategic Defense Trade Control

Towards a better Harmonized Transatlantic Approach to Defense Trade & the Making of a Transatlantic Defense, Technological & Industrial Base

Towards Hamonized Transatlantic Approach to Standardization & Certification of Civil Aerospace Equipment & Services

Towards Hamonized Transatlantic Approach to Standardization & Certification of Civil Aerospace Equipment & Services

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In the context of open transtlantic markets and a globalized world economy, the civil aerospace sector is particularly subject to constraints and challenges created by the internationalization of economies and industry allliances especially between Europe and the United States.
The aerospace industry landscape shows an ever growing common technology supply and multiple transatlantic investments.
Therefore U.S.-CREST believes that it would be mutually beneficial for the United States and Europe to further harmonize their regulatory framework related civil aerospace trade in order to nurture a healthy transatlantic aerospace industrial base.
U.S.-CREST's goal is to conduct a three part study program to explore how to move towards a better harmonized transatlantic approach to certification and standardization of civil aviation equipement and services.
The first part addresses specific aspects of rules and regulation related to civil aerospace trade in the U.S. with the objective of promoting better Euro-Atlantic understanding of the nature and impacts of the regulation to trade with the United States for European aerospace industries.
The second part would offer a thorough analysis of European rules, regulations and practices and their impacts on transtlantic civil aerospace trade.
The third part would consist in studying in details how a harmonized approach to civil aerospace trade between the United States and Europe would contribute to the overall health and efficiency of a transatlantic aerospace industrial base.