On Thursday 29 January 2015 Anthony Gardner, US Ambassador to the European Union delivered the 2015 CELS Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture entitled "Facing Legal Challenges in US - EU Relations" at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge.
In his lecture, Ambassador Gardner focused his remarks on two substantive areas where legal challenges to US-EU relations could be found. In the implementation of UN sanctions, the Ambassador highlighted the frequent reversal of EU sanctions decisions before the EU court due to the limited evidential basis often relied upon to support the listing of individuals and organizations alleged to have terrorist connections. In the realm of data privacy, Ambassador Gardner cautioned that data protection should not become data protectionism and highlighted the potential economic benefits to be gained from a global digital economy.
The Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture, sponsored by Shearman & Sterling, is an annual public lecture hosted by the Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS) in honour of Lord Mackenzie-Stuart, the first British judge to be appointed to the European Court of Justice.
More information about this lecture, including other recorded formats, a transcript, and photographs from the event, is available from the Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture pages on the CELS website.
