Together with US Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Richard H. Riley, AmCham’s Jason Turflinger welcomed Patron-level member representatives for an exclusive, socially-distanced breakfast on November 4th at the US Embassy’s Villa Otium residence in Oslo.
After a long night, hopes of dissecting concrete election outcomes were off the table, with a record number of mail-in ballots leading to a delay in tallying. Guests gathered instead to watch results trickle in, while assessing various election outcome scenarios.
Gambit Hill & Knowlton’s Director of Public Affairs, Peter Skovholt Gitmark, and Doctoral Fellow at Kristiana University College Ketil Raknes started the group discussion. They touched upon the record-setting turnout of the election and outlined key differences in electoral processes between the US and Norway.
Soliciting input from guests such as NHO’s Tore Myre, Citi’s Pål Røkke, and the Ministry of Trade’s Jan Farberg, the discussion turned to Norwegian-American trade, election impacts on financial markets, and coming diplomatic processes.
Though guests left Villa Otium with no clear answer as to the winner of the 2020 US Presidential Election, they did leave with an enhanced understanding of how potential outcomes would impact transatlantic relations going forward.
Chargé d’Affaires Richard H. Riley
US Embassy
Peter Skovholt Gitmark
Director of Public Affairs
Gambit Hill & Knowlton
Ketil Raknes
Doctoral Fellow
Kristiania University College
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