%0 Journal Article %T TRANSATLANTIC COMMERCIAL RELATIONSHIP IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CRISIS %A Irina Elena Gentimir %J CES Working Papers %D 2012 %I University of Iasi %X This paper makes an analysis of the commercial and financial relationship between EU27 and United States of America. Traditionally, USA and EU27 are the most powerful forces in the world. Today, the relationship between these two partners continues to dominate and to influence globally. The transatlantic relation consists, mainly, of the commercial exchanges and the investment flows. The objective of this paper is to highlight the evolution and the changes occurred in the commercial exchanges and the investment flows between this two powers in the context of the economic crisis constraints. %K transatlantic commercial exchanges %K transatlantic investment flows %K the economic- financial crisis %K the European Union %K the United States of America %U http://cse.uaic.ro/WorkingPapers/articles/CESWP2012_IV4_GEN.pdf