ABSTRACT
The US response to the evolving process of integration in the European Union (EU) must be viewed from two perspectives: that of public policy and that of the business sector. Based on these premises, then, US goals and objectives in the EU are as follows: It has been a constant of US foreign policy since the end of World War II to welcome and support integration measures in Europe. The second is valid, but only when qualified by "largely". It is difficult to envisage the United States and the EU supporting substantially different policy approaches or prescriptions for a particular problem or set of issues. In any event, it is inconceivable that the United States would overturn fifty years of policy by voicing opposition to European integration. Some assert that the main interlocutor of the United States, hence the main focus of attention, should be the member states because, as representatives on the Council, they hold the ultimate decision-making power.
