Forbindelserne mellem Fællesskabet og USA gik med vedtagelsen af den transatlantiske erklæring i november 1990 ind i en ny fase, og i hele 1991 har de bilaterale forbindelser mellem de to parter udviklet sig inden for styrkede institutionelle rammer.
Relations between the Community and the United States entered a new phase with the adoption in November 1990 of the Transatlantic Declaration, and throughout 1991 bilateral relations between the two parties developed within a strengthened institutional context.