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18 May 2012
Foreign Minister Carl Bildt met with Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird. Photo: MFA/Anna Charlotta Johansson (CC)

Arctic challenges in focus during Minister for Foreign Affairs' trip to Canada

Sweden has reached the halfway point of its Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt is travelling to Canada for political discussions on issues concerning the Arctic region and the work of the Arctic Council. During the afternoon, Mr Bildt delivered a key policy speech on the Arctic at Carleton University, where he emphasised that the Arctic region is changing and facing major challenges, of which climate change is the greatest.

15 May 2012
Photo: Martina Huber/Government offices

Half-time for the Swedish Chairmanship of the Arctic Council

Yesterday, Tuesday, the Deputy Foreign Ministers from the Arctic Council's eight Member States met in Stockholm. The meeting marked the halfway point of the Swedish Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. Later this week, Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt will travel to Canada for bilateral talks primarily focusing on issues on the Arctic agenda. Mr Bildt will also visit the Arctic areas in Canada.

10 May 2012
Ewa Björling and Diana Chernetska, a student at Halmstad University who received a diploma at the Global Swede ceremony. Photo: Linn Duvhammar/MFA

24 new 'Global Swedes'

On Monday 7 May a diploma ceremony was held for 24 foreign students studying at higher education institutions in Sweden. They have all distinguished themselves in areas related to innovation and entrepreneurship. Minister for Trade Ewa Björling presented diplomas and the students received the Global Swede award. It is hoped that after completing their degrees, they can become excellent ambassadors and promote a positive image of Sweden.

04 May 2012

Sweden's WTO ambassador to lead Liberia's accession process to the WTO

On May 1st, the General council of the WTO confirmed the election of Joakim Reiter, Sweden's ambassador to the WTO, as chair of the working party of the accession of Liberia to the WTO. Liberia applied for membership in 2007, and the working party was established the same year.

02 May 2012
Ulf Pehrsson from LM Ericsson, Minister for Trade Ewa Björling, Kaj Hobér from Mannheimer Swartling and Martin Sandbu from the Financial Times debated scenarios in connection with new Russian commitments in the area of trade. Photo: MFA/Anna Backlund (cc)

High expectations on Russia's WTO membership

What impact will Russia's accession to the WTO have on Swedish companies? This issue was debated at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs' seminar on Friday, which gathered leading politicians, experts and entrepreneurs. Minister for Trade Ewa Björling, together with Russia's former chief negotiator Maxim Medvedkov, took part in a panel discussion with Swedish entrepreneurs.

The approval of Russia's WTO accession, after more than 18 years of negotiations, will make the world's largest non-WTO economy a fully integrated member of the international trade system. As Sweden is one of the world's ten largest investors in Russia, with over 400 Swedish companies operating in the Russian market, the country's WTO accession is expected to have substantial consequences for our bilateral economic relations.

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