For the third time, a virtual live conversation took place on Facebook as part of our Fall 2020 Virtual Speaker Series. The topic of this issue was “The USA after the Election” and organized and held jointly with the Karl-Franzens University Graz and the Austro-American Society Styria. In this talk, Peter Rough, US political expert ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 3 December, 2020 | Topics: Education, Policy, Political Affairs, President of the United States, U.S. & Austria | Tags: American studies, Austrian-American Society, corona virus, coronavirus, COVID-19, cultural exchange, discussion, economy, government officials, politics, President Trump, transatlantic relations, U.S. elections
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
The Embassy hosted a virtual live talk and discussion with Dean Cheng, Senior Research Fellow for Asian Studies at
The Heritage Foundation , where he specializes in China’s military and foreign policy, in particular the communist regime’s relationship with its Asian neighbors and the United States. Mr. Cheng discussed China’s foreign policy priorities and efforts to reshape the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 8 July, 2020 | Topics: Business, Events, Human Rights, Policy, Political Affairs, Trade | Tags: Amerika Haus, China, coronavirus, COVID-19, cyber security, cybersecurity, discussion, disinformation, fake news, government officials, politics, uighurs
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross arrived in Austria last Tuesday. In his meetings with
Minister of Finance Gernot Blümel ,
Minister for Digital and Economic Affairs Margarete Schramböck , and
Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology Leonore Gewessler , he discussed bilateral economic and trade relations. The USA is one of Austria’s most important trading partners, ranking second among the country’s export destinations. Austria is one of the fastest growing sources of foreign direct investment in the United States – with Austrian companies ...
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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 13 February, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Business, Chargé D’Affaires, Commercial Affairs, Commercial Opportunities, Key Officials, Trade, U.S. & Austria | Tags: Aussenwirtschaft Austria, business, business leader, CEO, economy, government officials, Harald Mahrer, Secretary of Commerce, SelectUSA, transatlantic partnership, transatlantic relations, Trevor Traina, Wilbur Ross, WKO, WKOe
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
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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By U.S. Embassy Austria | 30 August, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Economic Affairs, Political Affairs | Tags: Alpbach, business leader, discussion, economy, EFA, European Forum Alpbach, government officials, Marshall plan, politics, Traina