On 25 February 1971, US President, Richard Nixon, presents a report to Congress on future US foreign policy and describes the country's economic relations with the European Economic Community (EEC).

In April 1971, President of the EUropean Commission, Franco Maria Malfatti, visits the United States where, in particular, he meets US President, Richard Nixon, at the White House.

On 22 June 1971, French daily newspaper Le Figaro looks at the recriminations of American farmers and political leaders with regard to the principles of the European common agricultural policy (CAP).

In November 1971, the monthly publication 30 jours d'Europe recalls the origin of the difficult relations between Europe and the United States and analyses the monetary and commercial grievences exchanged between the two parties.

On 10 November 1971, German daily newspaper Die Welt describes the economic tensions between the United States and the European Economic Community (EEC).

In November 1971, New Zealand cartoonist Leslie Gibbard illustrates the difficult trade relations between the European Economic Community (EEC) and the United States. On the left, US President Richard Nixon is depicted as an Indian chief.

On 20 February 1973, addressing the American and Common Market Club in Brussels, Joseph A. Greenwald, Head of the United States Mission to the European Communities, outlines the nature and state of political and economic relations between the United States and the European Communities.

On 5 April 1973, William J. Casey, US Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs, sets out before the US House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Committee the policy line to be followed by the United States vis-à-vis the European Community.

On 23 April 1973, addressing Associated Press’s Annual Dinner in New York, Henry Kissinger, National Security Affairs Adviser to US President Richard Nixon, summarises the development of Euro-American relations.

On 20 March 1974, Fritz Behrendt, a Dutch cartoonist originally from Berlin, takes an ironic look at the changing relations between Europe and the United States over the past 20 years. In 1954, the United States was the dominant force in relations with the countries of Europe, which listened attentively to the advice given by Uncle Sam, but the balance of power seems to have been reversed by 1974. The Europe of the Six has become larger; it has gradually unified, has a fast-developing common market and industrial sector, and is keen to affirm its independence from Uncle Sam. In the 1970s, many countries in the European Community (EC) challenge their interdependence with the United States in the economic, monetary, trade and energy fields.

On 21 March 1974, German dialy newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung considers the tensions between the United States and the European Economic Community (EEC).

In May 1974, the French monthly newspaper Le Monde diplomatique analyses the development of US capital invested in the European Community between 1960 and the first enlargement in 1972.

In the mid 1970s, relations between the United States and the European Communities become tense. Here Europe and Uncle Sam are arguing over an umbrella, the symbol of protection and independence.

In its coverage of the visit to Washington by Roy Jenkins, President of the European Commission, German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung considers the development of economic and trade relations between the European Economic Community (EEC) and the United States.

In her weekly radio programme on RTL, the journalist Geneviève Tabouis discusses the Copenhagen European summit of 14 and 15 December 1973. On this occasion, she briefly examines relations between the United States and Europe.