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Norway plans to buy electric planes, mimicking green car success

Business

Category: Airline / Travel

Norway said on Thursday it wants to buy electric passenger planes in the coming years to help slow climate change, building on its success with big tax breaks that have made it the world leader in electric car sales. State firm Avinor, which runs 45 airports in Norway, said the commitment to battery-powered aircraft could […]

Source: Reuters


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Google-skatt kan ramme norsk IT-næring

Business

Category: Government

Det er meningsløst å lokke til seg IT-gigantene med den ene hånden, og deretter kakke dem i hodet med uforutsigbare særskatter med den andre, skriver Kjetil Thorvik Brun i denne kommentaren. Miljøpartiet De Grønne har fremmet et forslag om å utrede egne skatteregler for IT-giganter som Google, Apple, Amazon og Facebook. Mange har kritisert selskapene […]

Source: Abelia


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WTO members say U.S. actions threaten trade body’s credibility

Business

Category: Government

Nearly 50 countries expressed concern on Tuesday about the “serious threat” to the World Trade Organisation posed by unilateral trade actions, a pointed reference to U.S. import tariffs that have caused a global outcry. Delivering concluding remarks after a two-day informal meeting of the WTO members in New Delhi, Indian Trade Minister Suresh Prabhu did […]

Source: Reuters


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U.S. Department of Commerce Announces Steel and Aluminum Tariff Exclusion Process

Business

Category: Chemicals / Metals

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced its procedures for excluding products from the recently announced tariffs on steel and aluminum product imports. As directed by President Trump, the Department will publish the procedures in the Federal Register and will start accepting exclusion requests from U.S. industry on Monday, March 19, 2018, at 8:45 AM. […]

Source: Department of Commerce


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AGM & Transatlantic Assembly

Category: AmCham News

Hosted by Radisson Blu Plaza, AmCham Norway’s Annual General Meeting and Transatlantic Assembly highlights included the election of a renewed Board of Directors, as well as a panel debate and keynote remarks from Ambassador Kenneth J. Braithwaite in his first meeting with the US-Norway business community. We are delighted to welcome leaders Rajji Mehdwan, Roche […]

Source: AmCham


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