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The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, spoke with Sophie Wilmès, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Foreign Trade for Belgium on January 31, followed by a conversation today with María Reyes Maroto Illera, Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism for Spain, to discuss the European Union’s newly adopted export transparency and authorization mechanism for vaccines.
The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, spoke with Sophie Wilmès, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Foreign Trade for Belgium on January 31, followed by a conversation today with María Reyes Maroto Illera, Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism for Spain, to discuss the European Union’s newly adopted export transparency and authorization mechanism for vaccines.
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The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, today spoke again with Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commission Executive Vice-President and Commissioner for Trade, about the recently announced European Union’s proposed export transparency mechanism.
The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, today spoke again with Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commission Executive Vice-President and Commissioner for Trade, about the recently announced European Union’s proposed export transparency mechanism.
Executive Vice-President Dombrovskis reiterated assurances to Minister Ng that the mechanism will not affect vaccine shipments to Canada. Minister Ng and Executive Vice-President Dombrovskis reaffirmed their commitment to stay in regular contact on any issue affecting vaccine exports and to ensure the continued flow of vaccines and medical supplies.
EU and US should set example in climate policy - Latvian Foreign Ministry s parliamentary secretary 2021-01-25
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RIGA - On January 22, the Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zanda Kalnina Lukasevica, took part in an informal webex meeting on global climate diplomacy between representatives from EU Member States and John Kerry, the United States President’s Special Envoy for Climate, addressing climate diplomacy issues and exchanging views on the ways for speeding the transition to cleaner sources of energy, LETA learned from the ministry.
“Latvia is delighted to see that with the first steps of the new administration, Europe and the U.S. stand united against climate change. Our unity is indispensable for both European and global security,” the Parliamentary Secretary underlined. Kalnina Lukasevica welcomed the commitment by the new United States Administration to assigning a high priority to the climate agenda, and she concurred that th
Markets Europe Will Need a Loan Crisis to Create a Post-Covid Bad Bank
Underwhelming plans for dealing with a prospective surge in bad debts highlight the political challenges posed by the EU’s proposal
A man walks in front of a closed store in a shopping center in Italy.
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By Updated Dec. 16, 2020 1:30 pm ET
“History shows us that it is best to tackle nonperforming loans early and decisively,” said European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis, as he announced a plan for “bad banks” to sweep up debts soured by the pandemic.
But history also shows that Europe’s lenders aren’t likely to get much relief unless they actually find themselves in a nonperforming loan crisis.