EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, FORMER OF HIS LATVIA.
THE BILATERAL YOU GO INTO NOW ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WITH
SELECT AMERICAN OFFICIALS, IS THE TENSION NORMAL IN THE HEART
OF THE GSE OR IS THERE SOMETHING NEW THIS TIME ABOUT
TRANSATLANTIC BILATERAL TENSIONS? VALDIS: GOOD MORNING.
I WOULD HIGHLIGHT STRONG TRANSIT LANDEC CORPORATION,
WHERE STRATEGIC ALLIES AND ESPECIALLY IN TIMES LIKE THIS
WHERE WE ARE CONFRONTED BY RUSSIA'S AGGRESSION AGAINST
UKRAINE, WAR ON EUROPEAN SOIL. WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER WITH
U.S. AND DEMOCRATIC WORLD.
THIS CORPORATION WAS IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING UKRAINE,
SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA VERY STRONG AND GOOD.
ENTRÉE DECIDE, -- ON THE TRAY DECIDE WHO HAVE THE EXTENSIVE
AGENDA.
YESTERDAY AND WE ARE STILL WORKING ON SOME OF THE MONETARY
ASPECTS OF U.S. INFLATION REDUCTION ACT BUT
ONCE AGAIN WE ARE ENGAGED WITH U.S.
AUTHORITIES AND HOPE TO EXTEND POSSIBLE ISSUES. TOM:
FROM LATVIA UP TO ESTONIA TO FINLAND AND IN YOUR WORLD AND
ALL OF OUR ROLES HAVE CHANGED HERE WITH FELONY JOINING NATO.
IT WAS A SHOCK TO SEE THAT IT. HOW DID POLITICAL DIALOGUE YOU
ARE IN EVERYDAY CHANGE GIVEN THE SHOCK OF THE WAR, FINLAND
JOINING EUROPE. VALDIS:
WITH FINLAND WAS A LOGICAL CHOICE. IF YOU LIVE NEXT TO THE
AGGRESSOR EMPIRE, YOU NEED TO SEEK STRONGER PROTECTION.
THAT IS WHAT FINLAND DID WITH JOINING NATO AND HOPEFULLY
SWEDEN WILL BE ABLE TO JOIN SOON.
IT STRENGTHENS THE SECURITY IN THE BALTIC CITI REGION.
JONATHAN: YOU'RE ALWAYS DIPLOMATIC.
I WOULD SUGGEST YOU HAVE TO PUT OUT FIRES.
I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW EUROPEANS WILL RESPOND IF U.S.
ADMINISTRATION TURNED AROUND AND SAID THEY DID NOT WANT TO
GET CAUGHT UP IN CRISES THAT ARE NOT OURS.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY BACK TO THAT? VALDIS:
WHEN WE ARE CONFRONTED WITH MAJOR CHALLENGES WERE BETTER
OFF IF WE WERE TOGETHER AS EU AND U.S.
WE STRENGTHEN OUR ALLIANCE. JONATHAN:
HAVE YOU TOLD THE FRENCH PRESIDENT THAT? VALDIS:
THE POSITION OF THE EU IS VERY CLEAR ON THIS. EU AND U.S.
ARE STRATEGIC ALLIES AND ESPECIALLY IN CURRENT
CONFRONTATION, WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER. JONATHAN:
I GET THE FEELING THAT YOU ARE UNDERPLAYING THE TENSION
BETWEEN EUROPEAN UNION AND U.S. RIGHT NOW, PUBLICLY.
WHEN I SPEAK FROM THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION OR EUROPEAN
UNION I GET THE SAME STORY, WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER.
WHAT I ACTUALLY SEE AS AN OBSERVER IS A RACE IN SUBSIDIES
FOR UNITED STATES AND EUROPEAN UNION RACING TO GET ITS ACT
TOGETHER TO DO THE SAME THING. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO RESOLVE
THAT? HOW DO YOU WORK TOGETHER WHEN
THE U.S. SPENDING A LOT OF TIME SAYING
THIS BUILDING AMERICA, MAKE AMERICA, AND BY AMERICA?
VALDIS: ON THIS TO DISCUSS U.S. INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, EU HAS
BEEN CLEAR SINCE THE BEGINNING. WE WELCOME THE CLIMATE AMBITION
OF INFLATION REDUCTION ACT. ALSO WORKING ON THESE GOALS --
A FEW ALSO WORKING ON THESE GOALS BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE
HAVE CONCERNS IN THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT.
WE HAVE SET UP A EU U.S. TASK FORCE TO WORK ON THESE
ISSUES AND WE ARE RAISING THESE ISSUES BILATERALLY WITH U.S.
ADMINISTRATION AND TRYING TO SOLVE THEM. JONATHAN:
THE PREVIOUS MENSURATION WAS HEAVILY CRITICIZED FOR ITS OUR
TO TRADE. EVERYONE HAD NO PROBLEM
CRITICIZING THE TRAP ADMINISTRATION.
IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS ADMINISTRATION AND THE
LAST ONE ON THE TRADE? CAN YOU IDENTIFY ONE SPECIFIC
DAYLIGHT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THIS ONE AND THE LAST ONE
DID? VALDIS:
THIS DEMONSTRATION WE WERE ABLE
TO PARK LONG-STANDING DISPUTES RELATED TO STILL AND ELEMENTIA
TERRORISTS SO NOW WE ARE WORKING ON A GLOBAL STILL --
STILL AND ELEMENTIA HIM TARIFFS SO NOW WHERE WORKING ON A
GLOBAL. WE ARE CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH A DEADLINE OF OCTOBER OF THIS
YEAR IN MIND. LISA: YOU TALK ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN U.S. AND EUROPE BOTH WHEN IT COMES
TO TRADE BUT ALSO MILITARY. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
THESE LEAKS THAT ARE SENSITIVE FROM THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF
THE UNITED STATES. DOES THAT CHANGE YOUR
RELATIONSHIP AT ALL WITH SHARING INFORMATION OR DOING
BUSINESS WITH U.S.? VALDIS:
I MUST EMPHASIZE THAT IN
SITUATIONS WHERE AGGRESSIVE RUSSIA INCREASE AMBITIONS OF
AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES, IT IS IMPORTANT IN DEMOCRATIC WORLD
TO WORK TOGETHER. THERE ARE PROBLEMS BUT WE NEED