THE US-EU RELATION. COMPETITION OR COOPERATION

The United States and the European Union are considered, by the analysts, to be the most strategic partners in the international system nowadays. Because of their common interests, these two world powers are in constant competition and cooperation. For this reason, this paper emphasizes the most important aspects of the US-EU competition and cooperation policy in a multipolar world. The study includes also the analyze of domestic and international sources of the US-EU cooperation. In order to find out and to explain the sources of the US-EU cooperation, it is necessary to focus on exploring the causes of the international cooperation. Another direction of the analysis is to explain the importance of cooperation in transatlantic competition policy by investigating the negotiations of the transatlantic partnership between the United States and the European Union.