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Day 1 Focusing on Norway and California’s partnership in the global effort to combat climate change, their strong coastal cultures, and their shared interest in deploying new technology to promote a sustainable future, the program for Day 1 will addresses how important an exchange of ideas is to achieving common climate goals. HRH Crown Prince […]
Source: Norway Events
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Norway’s $1.3 trillion wealth fund, the world’s largest, should reduce the size of its global company reference index by between 25% and 30% to better follow up companies, primarily by removing small-cap stocks, the finance ministry proposed on Friday. The move reflects the growing awareness among international investors about risk in the environmental, social and […]
Source: Reuters
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On March 25, 2021, EU Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, made the following statement regarding the negotiations on transatlantic data privacy flows: “The U.S. Government and the European Commission have decided to intensify negotiations on an enhanced EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework to comply with the July 16, 2020 judgment of […]
Source: The European Commission
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Katherine Tai easily won Senate confirmation as U.S. Trade Representative, putting the former congressional staffer at the center of thorny decisions on enforcement and tariffs that President Joe Biden inherited from Donald Trump. The Senate approved Tai, the first woman of color to serve in the job, in a 98-0 vote on Wednesday. She joins […]
Source: Bloomberg
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Regjeringen vil opprette en ny eksportenhet, som skal forvalte 75 millioner kroner og sikre medvirkning og medfinansiering fra næringslivet. – Eksport og handel på tvers av landegrenser er helt avgjørende for verdiskapingen i Norge. Derfor oppretter vi nå en ny eksportaktør som skal koble bedriftene og virkemiddelapparatet sammen med markedsmulighetene i verden, sier næringsminister Iselin […]
Source: NTB