The EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) was formed at the EU-US Summit in June 2021 by US President Joseph R. Biden, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel. The TTC’s overall objective is to promote EU and US competitiveness and prosperity and the spread of democratic, market-oriented values by increasing transatlantic trade and investment in products and services of emerging technology. In this way our technological and industrial leadership will be strengthened, innovation boosted, and critical and emerging technologies and infrastructure protected and promoted. Through the TTC, the EU and US cooperate on the development and deployment of new technologies based on shared democratic values, including respect for human rights, that encourage compatible standards and regulations.
Working Group 1: Technology Standards (WG1) has advanced collaboration in the promising area of digital identity. The Digital Identity Subgroup under WG1 has held a series of government-togovernment technical exchanges, and in March 2023 a public event was jointly hosted to engage with subject matter experts from government, industry, civil society, and academia. During this event, representatives of the subgroup announced their intent to develop a transatlantic mapping of digital identity resources, initiatives, and use cases. The aim is to advance transatlantic pre-standardisation research efforts, facilitate interoperability, and streamline implementation guidance while respecting human rights.
The preliminary results of the initial transatlantic mapping exercise are enclosed in this report and include a mapping of definitions, assurance levels, and references to international standards across the NIST Digital Identity Guidelines (Special Publication 800-63c, Revision 3) (henceforth NIST Special Publication 800-63-3) and Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 (This act has been changed. Current consolidated version: 20/05/2024) on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC (henceforth EU No 910/2014 or eIDAS regulation).
The publication of this draft mapping is a first step in a larger process to support the outcomes of the TTC.
Related documents:
- EU – US Trade and Technology Council. Global Trade Challanges [link]
Source: NIST / European Commission