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Government Relations Committee

The Government Relations Committee (GRC) is AmCham Germany's primary policy committee for contacts with the German government at both the federal and state level. The Committee is also the leading force for the Chamber's discussion on the improvement of Germany as an investment location.

Mission

  • Engage in constructive high-level discussions with German policymakers
  • Promote a vigorous debate on the merits of doing business in Germany

 

Chair
Hans-Peter Teufers
Director Public Affairs Central & Eastern Europe
United Parcel Service Deutschland Inc. & Co. OHG

Position Papers

Committee Meetings

Committee Meetings

On May 6, 2009 AmCham Germany presented a position paper outlining its vision for Germany as Europe’s most successful economy in the year 2020 at a Parliamentary Breakfast at the Deutsche Parlamentarische Gesellschaft (PG) in Berlin. The paper, published with a view to the upcoming federal elections in September, outlines in a 10-point program the decisions that need to be taken today to set the course for achieving this ambitious goal.

 

Parliamentary Reception “Parliament meets US Investors” – Presentation of the results of the VI. AmCham Business Barometer, February 10, 2009:

For the sixth time, AmCham Germany presented the results of its annual study on the evaluation of Germany as a business location from the perspective of US investors in conjunction with a Parliamentary Evening in Berlin. Besides the presentation, the Chargé d’Affaires of the US Embassy, John M. Koenig, gave an overview of transatlantic relations under the new US administration,
and Ferdinando Beccalli-Falco, President and CEO of GE International, spoke on “A New View to Globalization.”

 

Joint Government Relations (GRC) / Social and Labor Affairs Committee Meeting with Gerald Weiß, MdB, Chairman of the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs of the Bundestag.

In the course of the meeting on September 26, 2008, members of the committees first had the chance to discuss topics such as minimum wages and deregulation with Member of Parliament Gerald Weiß, who then gave an outlook on the Christian Democrat’s social and labor affairs agenda.

 

Joint Government Relations (GRC) / Telecommunications, Internet, and Media (TIM) Committee Meeting with Dagmar Wöhrl, MdB, Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology.

On June 25, 2008, the two committees met with State Secretary Wöhrl in Berlin and discussed topics ranging from issues surrounding postal and telecommunications markets to public procurement law.

 

Contact

AmCham Staff Contact

Julia Pollok
Manager, Government Relations
T +49 30 28 87 89-24
F +49 30 28 87 89-29
 jpollok(at)amcham.de

 

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