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The EU and the USA are presently negotiating the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership that aims at increasing cooperation between the two continents. However, the effects of the Partnership for both parties remain unknown. Yet, undoubtedly the agreement will seriously influence foreign, social and economic policies of the EU and the USA and in effect the policies of third parties and thus infl uence the global situation. The paper aims at describing the genesis of political and economic cooperation between the EU and the USA, including the negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.