On 23–24 June 2025, the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) held its Annual Meeting in Brussels, bringing together consumer advocates, policymakers, and academics from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss how to strengthen transatlantic consumer protection in a changing political landscape.

The meeting kicked off with an internal day for TACD members, structured around the theme “Bridging the Atlantic: Strengthening Consumer Protection in a Changing Political Landscape.” Through interactive sessions, members explored opportunities and challenges in transatlantic digital, trade, sustainability, and health cooperation. In a dynamic “speed-networking” exercise and topic-driven roundtable discussions, participants exchanged insights on how the consumer movement can support transatlantic policy developments ahead of major political shifts in both the EU and the U.S.

On 24 June, TACD hosted a roundtable on Big Tech and Accountability, gathering policy-makers from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss together with TACD members on how to ensure existing laws are appropriately enforced.

We then held a public event in the European Parliament, hosted by MEP Brando Benifei and MEP Anna Cavazzini. The forum featured high-level speakers such as EU Commissioner for Justice and Consumers, Michael McGrath, U.S. State representative, consumer organisations and think tanks. The discussion took the pulse on the state of play of EU-U.S. trade relationship, the rising flow of illegal products sold online, and explored potential avenues for cooperation. Several TACD members presented concrete proposals on how to ensure that consumer interests remain at the heart of EU–U.S. cooperation, and called on the EU not to make concessions to the US administration that would weaken digital and environmental laws.

As participants emphasised throughout the two-day event, strong transatlantic collaboration is essential to address shared consumer challenges: from privacy, to consumers’ right in trade discussion or product safety on both markets. TACD remains committed to ensuring that consumer voices are heard and heeded in these critical conversations.