Chargé d’affaires Mario Mesquita recently visited the Upper Austrian capital. During a working discussion with Upper Austrian Governor Thomas Stelzer and a meeting with voestalpine CEO Herbert Eibensteiner, the focus was primarily on the excellent economic relations between Upper Austria and the USA. During a visit to Ars Electronica , cultural collaborations were discussed, while in the interview with Oberösterreichische Nachrichten, bilateral …
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After U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo’s very productive and successful mid-August visit to Vienna, another senior U.S. Government official, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Keith Krach, arrived in Vienna for a series of talks. During his meeting with Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg at the Austrian Ministry of European and …
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“China’s view of the world differs from that held by Western democracies and their rule of law.” Dean Cheng, Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation and an expert in China’s military and foreign policy, was in Austria this week at the invitation of the U.S. Embassy for a series of program events in Vienna and Linz. Mr. …
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Ambassador Traina traveled to the European Forum Alpbach this week – his second visit to the Tyrolean village. His busy schedule included meetings with Austrian government officials, politicians, business leaders, and students. The Ambassador attended several networking events, gave interviews to Austrian media, hosted a group of Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation fellows for breakfast, and …
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Ambassador Trevor Traina and Federal Chancellor Brigitte Bierlein highlighted the excellent relations between the United States and Austria during their meeting yesterday at the Federal Chancellery in Vienna.
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The Embassy invited Richard Fontaine, CEO of the think tank Center for a New American Security (CNAS), to Austria for discussions of the transatlantic partnership in an era of great power competition. Mr. Fontaine gave interviews to Die Presse and Tiroler Tageszeitung and talked at the Management Center Innsbruck and the Amerika Haus in Vienna. …
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Ambassador Traina invited to another “Entrepreneurship Breakfast” in his residence and offered, in cooperation with the Wirtschaftskammer, Austrian Entrepreneurs the opportunity to network and exchange ideas. The guests also learned about the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) and Select USA Summit , the Austria to Austin Student Startup Program of the Embassy, and the WKÖ Accelerator Program Go Silicon …
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Expert speaker Theodore R. Bromund from The Heritage Foundation discussed changes and continuities in U.S. economic policy under the administration of President Trump. A few hours before he gave a joint interview for the Austria Presse Agentur and the newspaper Kurier.
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Ambassador Trevor Traina met with Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, hosted a working lunch for Federal Ministers Karin Kneissl & Margarete Schramböck, and others, chatted with Rainer Nowak, chief editor of Die Presse, spoke with Federal Minister Elisabeth Köstinger, had coffee & conversation with Alpbach scholars and Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation-fellows, participated in the “Wien Trifft Tirol” Business Talk and gave interviews to ORF ZiB2 and to Tiroler …
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