One more October virtual and exclusive session featured both Ambassadors Māris Selga, Latvia’s Ambassador to the U.S. and John L. Carwile, U.S. Ambassador to Latvia who shared their foreign policy priorities and bilateral relations with a focus on economic cooperation.

Following the last meeting of the Joint Chamber Tourism working group, members of the American, Norwegian and Swedish chambers met with Inese Sirava, Director of LIAA Tourism department to discuss the available support mechanisms, adjustments in the tourism marketing plan as well as other topicalities in the current crisis-related circumstances.

On October 8, the healthcare work group members discussed latest developments of initiatives & projects: EU Health Policy for 2020 & 2021, results of the Design Thinking Workshop on improvement of the Oncology data registry, Conference on data-driven health and legal framework on secondary use of health data suitable for Latvia.

On October 8, members of all three AmChams in the Baltics had the exceptional opportunity to join a live conversation with White House Correspondent Mr. Jon Decker and to get an insider's look on the upcoming U.S. Election that will take place in 25 days. To view the presentation of John Decker

Becoming more competitive in the region, making taxation fairer and less complicated have been the cornerstones of the proposed tax reform. Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Finance Atis Zakatistovs explained the benefits of the upcoming changes in the taxation policy and the need to lessen existing tax regimes and generally focus on better expenditure management in the public sector.