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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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 30 September, 2020 | Topics: Agriculture, Business, Commercial Affairs, Deputy Chief of Mission, Doing Business in the U.S., Economic Affairs, Environment, Key Officials, U.S. & Austria | Tags: cyber security, cybersecurity, economy, foreign policy, government officials, transatlantic partnership, transatlantic relations
During his visit last week to Vienna, Austria, Secretary Michael R. Pompeo met with Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen, Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Minister of Finance Gernot Blümel, and Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg to discuss various topics, including trade and investment ties with Austria, the fight against COVID 19, economic recovery after the pandemic, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 18 August, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Business, Commercial Affairs, Doing Business in the U.S., Key Officials, Trade, U.S. & Austria, U.S. Secretary of State | Tags: anniversary, antisemitism, Austria to Austin, business, business leader, CEO, coronavirus, COVID-19, discussion, entrepreneurship, exchange program, face masks, foreign policy, Friendship masks, Fulbright, government officials, industry, liberation, Marshall plan, Michael R. Pompeo, politics, President Trump, SelectUSA, student exchange program, transatlantic partnership, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina
“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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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 28 January, 2020 | Topics: Economic Affairs, Events, Policy, Political Affairs, Public Affairs, Science & Tech | Tags: Amerika Haus, business, China, cyber security, cybersecurity, discussion, disinformation, foreign policy, politics
At their meeting today at the
Austrian Foreign Ministry , Ambassador Traina and Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg confirmed their intention to further deepen the excellent relations between the two countries in various areas.
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 23 January, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Deputy Chief of Mission, Political Affairs, U.S. & Austria | Tags: foreign policy, government officials, politics, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina
Peter Rough, Senior Fellow at the Washington-based Hudson Institute shared his expertise on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East at a packed Amerika Haus. The event was co-hosted by the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES), whose director Velina Tchakarova moderated the Q&A. Rough, a native of Iowa, is a native German ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 25 November, 2019 | Topics: Events, Near East & North Africa, Political Affairs | Tags: foreign policy, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina
“And this is what the Austro-American Society is all about: friendship at every level of society.” In his remarks at the grand opening of the
Austrian-American Society refurbished club quarters in Vienna last night, Ambassador Traina pointed out the significance of bilateral relationships on the personal level, and the important role of the AAS: “The close ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 20 November, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Culture, Public Affairs, U.S. & Austria | Tags: AAS, Austrian-American Society, foreign policy, Marshall plan, ÖAG, Österreichsich-Amerikanische Gesellschaft, reception, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina
Ambassador Traina had a busy schedule for his trip to Tyrol. He had his inaugural visit with Governor
Günther Platter . Topic of conversation were u.a. the economic relationships between the USA and Tirol. With more than 300,000 overnight stays guests from the U.S. play an important role in tourism. Ambassador Traina received a box of Tyrolean Schnapps ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 15 October, 2019 | Topics: Alumni, Ambassador, Art & Culture, Business, U.S. & Austria | Tags: A2A, Aussenwirtschaft Austria, Austria to Austin, entrepreneurship, foreign policy, SelectUSA, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina
A beautiful autumn day for entrepreneurship and coffee. Thanks to
Google Austria, Country Director Christine Antlanger-Winter for joining us today at the Entrepreneurship Breakfast and sharing Google’s view of the Austrian digital economy. Hosted in cooperation with the Austrian
Wirtschaftskammer at the U.S. Ambassador’s residence in Hietzing, the entrepreneurship breakfast is a great chance for all members ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 23 September, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Business, Doing Business in the U.S., Events | Tags: 3daystartup, Aussenwirtschaft Austria, Austria to Austin, CEO, entrepreneurship, foreign policy, industry, investor, Jürgen Roth, mentor, SelectUSA, startup, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina, WKOe
A welcome – and a goodbye: Ambassador Traina hosted a reception for incoming U.S. and returning Austrian Fulbright students & scholars and alumni & friends of
Fulbright Austria . Every year, dozens of Austrians and Americans participate in Fulbright exchange program which includes the 4th largest Fulbright US scholar program in the world. As students, teachers, and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 23 September, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Culture, Education, Events, Scholarships and Exchanges, U.S. & Austria | Tags: foreign policy, reception, student exchange program, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina
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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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 14 August, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Economic Affairs, Key Officials, U.S. & Austria | Tags: foreign policy, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina
Ambassador Trevor Traina greatly enjoyed his first visit to Vorarlberg. In his meeting with Markus Linhart, Mayor of the province’s capital Bregenz, they discussed strengthening trade between Vorarlberg and the U.S. At Kunsthaus Bregenz, the Ambassador met with Director Thomas Trummer and visited Miriam Cahn’s upcoming exhibition. In Stadt Hohenems, Director Hanno Loewy welcomed the Ambassador ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 5 April, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Culture, U.S. & Austria | Tags: antisemitism, art exhibition, Aussenwirtschaft Austria, foreign policy, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina
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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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 28 March, 2019 | Topics: Economic Affairs, Events, Political Affairs, U.S. & Austria | Tags: Amerika Haus, Aussenwirtschaft Austria, CEO, discussion, foreign policy, industry, investor, Richard Fontaine, SelectUSA, transatlantic partnership, transatlantic relations
Ambassador Traina visited the oldest university in the German-speaking world, the University of Vienna, to talk with American Studies students about American culture, politics, and foreign policy. In his introductory remarks the Ambassador emphasized the good relations between Austria and the United States. Afterwards he fielded questions from the students, covering a very wide range ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 26 March, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Education, U.S. & Austria | Tags: Aussenwirtschaft Austria, discussion, entrepreneurship, foreign policy, industry, SelectUSA, students, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina
Ambassador Traina presented the Legion of Merit award to Austrian Bundesheer’s Brigadier General Harald Göllinger, former Defense Attaché to the United States. The Legion of Merit is a military award of the United States Armed Forces that is given for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements. It is one of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 13 March, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Events, News | Tags: Bundesheer, foreign policy, Military exercise, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina
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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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 7 March, 2019 | Topics: Economic Affairs, Events, Trade | Tags: Aussenwirtschaft Austria, foreign policy, industry, President Trump, SelectUSA, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina
The U.S. Embassy hosted the kick-off event for participants in this year’s GoSiliconValley accelerator program administered by the Wirtschaftskammer. In his welcome remarks Ambassador Trevor Traina emphasized the importance of networking. About 80 Austrian start-ups had applied for the program. The lucky 16 winners will get the opportunity to go to the U.S., work on ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 5 March, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Business, Doing Business in the U.S., Education, Events | Tags: Aussenwirtschaft Austria, CEO, entrepreneurship, foreign policy, industry, investor, Jürgen Roth, mentor, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina, WKOe
Ambassador Traina visited the Vienna Business School this week and gave a talk about his experiences as an entrepreneur. Later the Ambassador met with the students in charge of the school’s practice company Arte Fakt. Ambassador Traina thanked the students for the demonstration of the functions and departments of the company. “I was very impressed ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 28 February, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Doing Business in the U.S., Education, English Language Learning | Tags: entrepreneurship, foreign policy, industry, SelectUSA, startup, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina
Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan in Vienna: He expressed the United States’ gratitude for Austria’s contributions to security cooperation in Afghanistan and the Western Balkans, and emphasized the need to counter Iranian and Russian malign activities. He met with Secretary General for Foreign Affairs Johannes
Peterlik to discuss the continued bilateral cooperation.
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 17 December, 2018 | Topics: Key Officials, Political Affairs | Tags: Bundesheer, foreign policy, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina
Ambassador Traina met with members of the Uni Management Club Vienna, a network of business students, to talk about his experiences as an entrepreneur as well as Austrian-American relations. During the Q&A, the students were particularly interested in Ambassador Traina’s career as technology entrepreneur and philanthropist in San Francisco, as well as his ambitions to ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 6 December, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, Business, Events | Tags: Aussenwirtschaft Austria, CEO, discussion, entrepreneurship, foreign policy, industry, investor, mentor, SelectUSA, startup, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina, Uni Management Club
The annual “Thank Fulbright – Thanksgiving” event took place at Glacis Beisl in Vienna’s 7th district on November 27, also known as “Giving Tuesday.” More than 100 alumni, friends and associates of the Fulbright Program joined together to celebrate the idea of mutual understanding in the spirit of Senator J. William Fulbright, the founder and namesake ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 30 November, 2018 | Topics: Alumni, Chargé D’Affaires, Deputy Chief of Mission, Education, Scholarships and Exchanges, Study in the U.S. | Tags: celebration, foreign policy, reception, student exchange program
Ambassador Trevor Traina hosted a reception for the newly arrived American Fulbright grantees. The reception brought together American grantees with newly returned Austrian Fulbrighters and a host of alumni. Since 1950/51,
Fulbright Austria has brought over 2,500 scholars and professors to Austria and 3,650 Austrians to the United States. Additionally, each year Fulbright manages 140 American teaching ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 21 September, 2018 | Topics: Alumni, Ambassador, Education, Events | Tags: foreign policy, reception, student exchange program, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina
The
American Chamber of Commerce in Austria hosted a gala dinner to welcome Ambassador Trevor Traina and his wife Alexis. In his remarks, Ambassador Traina emphasized the strong bilateral relations between Austria and the United States, particularly also regarding the economic sector. “I want to speak with people and entrepreneurs in Austria and listen to them and learn, how ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 13 September, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, Events | Tags: Aussenwirtschaft Austria, foreign policy, industry, investor, Jürgen Roth, mentor, SelectUSA, transatlantic relations, WKOe
Ambassador Traina hosted a group of ‘Go Silicon Valley’ alumni at the residence for a discussion on mentorship and support for Austrian entrepreneurs, tips on breaking into the U.S. market, and his experience as a serial entrepreneur. Go Silicon Valley is an initiative run by Austrian Trade within the Austrian Economic Chambers and Open Austria. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 10 September, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, Doing Business in the U.S., Events | Tags: Aussenwirtschaft Austria, CEO, entrepreneurship, foreign policy, industry, investor, Jürgen Roth, mentor, SelectUSA, startup, student exchange program, Trevor Traina, WKOe
The finissage of the handsome exhibit celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Marshall Plan that has been on display at the Austrian Ministry of Economics for the past month, provided an opportunity to review the impact of this landmark economic initiative for the benefit of European recovery following WWII. Twelve panels outline the beginnings of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 27 November, 2017 | Topics: Events | Tags: Aussenwirtschaft Austria, entrepreneurship, foreign policy, industry, investor, Jürgen Roth, Marshall plan, mentor, reception, SelectUSA, startup, student exchange program, transatlantic relations, WKOe
At an opening ceremony on November 20, Chargé d’Affaires Eugene Young highlighted the essential role of American philanthropy and expertise in supporting the Wien Museum’s efforts to reopen the Beethoven Wohnung on Probusgasse 6 in Heiligenstadt, in Vienna’s 19th district. Thanks to generous support from the American Friends of the Vienna Museum, a Chicago-based organization, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 20 November, 2017 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Events | Tags: exhibition, foreign policy, transatlantic relations
On November 16, foreign policy expert Kim Holmes spoke at the Amerika Haus in Vienna about the outlook and implications for U.S.-European Relations in the Trump Administration. The lively discussion was moderated by Cengiz Günay. Kim R. Holmes is acting senior vice president for research at The Heritage Foundation. He oversaw the think tank’s defense and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 16 November, 2017 | Topics: Events | Tags: Aussenwirtschaft Austria, CEO, discussion, entrepreneurship, foreign policy, industry, investor, Jürgen Roth, mentor, SelectUSA, startup, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina, WKOe
Last week Political Economic Counselor Stephen Hubler, Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Vienna, went to Salzburg and Graz, where he spoke about key aspects and targets of the Trump Administration. On November 6 Mr. Hubler was invited to the Austro-American Society Salzburg (AAS) by AAS President Dr. Maria Ganauser and spoke ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 9 November, 2017 | Topics: Events | Tags: Aussenwirtschaft Austria, foreign policy, industry, investor, mentor, SelectUSA, startup, transatlantic relations
On November 2 and 3 Chargé d’Affaires Eugene Young visited the Western-most Austrian province Vorarlberg. He visited the Jewish Museum in Hohenems and met with the museum’s director Dr. Hanno Loewy. During the talks in Bregenz with Landesstatthalter Mag. Karlheinz Rüdisser and Landtagspräsident Mag. Harald Sonderegger the importance of intensifying the already close economic ties ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 3 November, 2017 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Events | Tags: Aussenwirtschaft Austria, foreign policy, industry, investor, SelectUSA, transatlantic relations
On October 10, Dr. James Jay Carafano, Vice President of The Heritage Foundation, spoke at the Amerika Haus about the important elements of continuity and change in how the U.S. intends to engage with the world under the Trump administration. As a former member of the President’s transition team he surveyed how this White House plans ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 10 October, 2017 | Topics: Events | Tags: foreign policy
Donald Trump vowed on the campaign trail to do things differently in foreign policy and to do different things. With his commitment to putting America first, President Trump is changing how the United States operates overseas, creating new challenges for many of its long-time allies. To address these issues, on September 12, the U.S. Embassy ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 12 September, 2017 | Topics: Events | Tags: foreign policy
