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                  Interview with
                  Ms Cecile Myrseth


                  the Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry


                                   She  is  a  sympathetic  and  pleasant  person,   not an easy job given the political turmoil that
                                   Ms  Cecilie  Myrseth,  the  Norwegian  Minister   has  marked  the  Støre  Government’s  tenure.
                                   of  Trade  and  Industry.  She  came  to  Geneva   Prior to that, Ms Myrseth served as minister of
                                   to  sign  an  amended  and  improved  trade   fisheries between 2023 and 2024, a field close to
                                   agreement  with  Chile,  under  the  auspices  of   her heart as she grew up in the north of Norway,
                                   the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), a   Lavangen, where you find most of the country’s
                                   regional trade organization comprising Iceland,   fishing  boats  and  fisheries.  Now  the  floor  is
                                   Liechtenstein,  Switzerland  and  Norway.  She   yours, Ms Myrseth.
                                   was  accompanied  by  an  major  delegation  of
                                   Norwegian  parliamentarians  to  take  part  in   What’s it like to be a government minister in
                                   the  ongoing  talks  among  the  EFTA  member   Norway  these  days  when  Norwegians  seem
                                   States’  parliamentarians.  After  the  signing   mostly quite angry about taxes, whether it be
                                   ceremony, in which she gave a short speech in   on working capital or other things?
                                   eloquent English, she kindly agreed to grant us   As  a  whole,  business  is  doing  very  well  in
                                   an  exclusive  interview  and  respond  to  all  our   Norway.  The  arrows  that  are  supposed  to  be
                                   questions, despite her hectic schedule.  pointing upwards are doing so both in terms of
                                                                          exports and significant levels of investment. Not
                                   Before we leave the floor to Ms Myrseth, let us   least, there are a lot of companies starting up in
                                   briefly mention that she studied psychology at   Norway in any given month.
                                   the University of Tromsø and has been a member
                                   of  the  Norwegian  Parliament  for  the  Labour   As  a  result,  we  have  record  exports  in  many
                                   Party since 2017. She was appointed minister of   areas, and we are hiring and experiencing low
                                   trade and industry in April this year, definitely   unemployment. Therefore, I think the trade and



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