2009-03-19
Happiness is...
... when you share not only the good times, but also the SICK times with your love ones.
2009-03-07
Carl Bildt in Beijing
Breakfast seminar with Carl Bildt:
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce organized a breakfast seminar with the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs during his trip to China. I was there together with almost 100 other attendees, most of them Swedes, including my boss - Ericsson's China President.
On Bildt's agenda was topics to discuss with the Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs related to Sweden's upcoming EU presidency. China is in this respect of course an important party to talk to since many of the global issues of today have to be solved together with China.
Bildt also shared his views about the current financial crisis and his worries about governments being to protectionistic. That being said, he was still optimistic that the world would be able to ride out from this storm. Right now, the situation is very extreme.
For example, Germany's car park will be exchanged in 17 years with the current pace, whereas in practise consumers will most likely start to buy new cars sooner than that because of technology advancements and the fact that many cars will not last that long.
Carl Bildt elaborated a little bit on Sweden's role and prospects in the global economy. He thought that Sweden together with countries that met the Asian crisis in 1997 would be able to marginally manage better than other countries, due to our previous experiences from tough financial times and simply because we are currently in a better financial shape than many others. Already, Sweden had helped Iceland and the Baltics with loans and financial support.
All in all, it was an interesting seminar with interesting insights and perspectives.
Olof
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce organized a breakfast seminar with the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs during his trip to China. I was there together with almost 100 other attendees, most of them Swedes, including my boss - Ericsson's China President.
On Bildt's agenda was topics to discuss with the Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs related to Sweden's upcoming EU presidency. China is in this respect of course an important party to talk to since many of the global issues of today have to be solved together with China.
Bildt also shared his views about the current financial crisis and his worries about governments being to protectionistic. That being said, he was still optimistic that the world would be able to ride out from this storm. Right now, the situation is very extreme.
For example, Germany's car park will be exchanged in 17 years with the current pace, whereas in practise consumers will most likely start to buy new cars sooner than that because of technology advancements and the fact that many cars will not last that long.
Carl Bildt elaborated a little bit on Sweden's role and prospects in the global economy. He thought that Sweden together with countries that met the Asian crisis in 1997 would be able to marginally manage better than other countries, due to our previous experiences from tough financial times and simply because we are currently in a better financial shape than many others. Already, Sweden had helped Iceland and the Baltics with loans and financial support.
All in all, it was an interesting seminar with interesting insights and perspectives.
Olof
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