Event transcript Uncorrected transcript: Check against delivery Speaker Katherine Tai United States Trade Representative Moderator Frederick Kempe President and CEO, Atlantic Council Introductory Remarks Mark Gitenstein US Ambassador to the European Union MARK GITENSTEIN: Katherine, Fred, ladies and gentlemen, to those here in the room and those joining online, thank you for being with us today. This week, we mark the eightieth anniversary of what General Eisenhower called, quote, “the great and noble undertaking,” unquote—the allied invasions at Normandy. D-Day marked the beginning of the end for fascism and the victory of transatlantic democracies.
The men and women fighting against autocracy in Europe were fighting for values that continue to cement the transatlantic relationship today. These values were outlined by President Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill in the Atlantic Charter in 1941, which laid out allied war goals and hopes for the postwar world. Roosevelt and Churchill proclaimed the ultimate allied goal was that, quote, “all people in all lands may live out their lives in freedom from fear and want, and with the object of securing for all improved labor standards, economic advancement, and social security,” close quote.
The Atlantic Charter was a powerful vision of transformation, a postwar world free from authoritarian tyranny and secure in peaceful economic prosperity. It was also a powerful recognition that economic security is inseparable fr.