Exclusive: UK hard Brexit pullout risks big fall in GDP and trade gridlock at ports, cabinet committee told. Cabinet ministers have been given detailed warnings that the UK pulling out of the EU customs union could lead to a 4.5% fall in GDP by 2030 and the clogging up of trade through Britain’s ports. …
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Research firm Gartner released its annual report this week on hype in technology, sharing which technologies are up-and-coming, which are at peak hype, and which have moved well into mainstream territory. You probably won’t be surprised to learn that machine learning is riding the highest crest of the “peak of inflated expectations” wave. You …
Today the first of a new generation of AEO programmes was launched at GITEX 2016 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The deputy Ruler of Dubai launches AEO UAE H.E. Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum launched the AEO UAE programme with his hand on an interactive AEO globe. The event was very …
I am again at an airport. On my way towards the next project. It is not my favourite way to spend a Saturday morning, but sometimes necessary. It is big world and there are a lot of things to do out there if you want to contribute to make this world a slightly better …
It is never fun to be away from home. Especially a Friday night. But sometimes you have to do it if you want to change the world. After a day of good meetings I am now relaxing, having dinner, planning tomorrow. Tomorrow I go to another country on another continent. It is great though …
The United Nations (UN) has appointed a new Secretary General. It will be Portugal’s former Prime Minister Antonio Guterres, who takes over the role from January 1, according to the AP. Guterres replaces South Korean Ban Ki-Moon, who has been in office for two five-year periods. This is an excellent decision. It is also …
Robert Zimmerman a.k.aBob Dylan was named the surprise winner of the Nobel prize for literature in Stockholm today “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”. Speaking to reporters after the announcement, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, Sara Danius, said she hoped the Academy would not be criticised …
Today The Swedish (Stockholm) Chamber of Commerce, the Swedish Confederation of Transport Enterprise and Swedish Customs arranged the annual Customs-Trade Symposium in Stockholm. I was invited as Key Note Speaker and delivered the end speech under the topic: Customs Trends in the World: Back to the Future. At the Symposium – that is arranged …
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Can globalization be saved? Today we know what globalization means for good and bad. The only thing that is sure is that it can’t be stopped. However recent developments in the world have certainly complicated things and there are a number of different forces also trying to prevent the free movement of people and …
Sweden played two games in the FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualification round this weekend. We have a very difficult group and thus have to win against as many oponents as possible. Sweden started with playing 1-1 against Netherlands. This weekend we beat Luxembourg 1-0 away and Bulgaria 3-0 at home. There is a life …
In a guest post on outsidewrite.co.uk, Tony Hughes of the Golden Samba blog describes his trip to Sweden to watch 1979 European Cup finalists Malmö FF take on IFK Göteborg. It is great to read a football fan from another club with great experience visiting our home field, and an important home game to …
Yesterday and today I am in Riga, Latvia across the Baltic Sea from Sweden. I really like this city, which is the largest city of the Baltic States. Riga is a beautiful city and I have a lot of friends here. We Swedes have always been very close to our brothers and sisters on …
This week we will learn who receives the Nobel Prize in litterature. Seven Swedes have since the start of the prize – 1901 – won the prize over the years, namely: Selma Lagerlöf, Verner von Heidenstam, Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Pär Lagerkvist, Eivind Johnson, Harry Martinson and Thomas Tranströmer. Out of this group of giants …
It is Monday morning, again. Another morning at Copenhagen Airport a.k.a Kastrup. This is my normal routine, to fly out to the world from Copenhagen on Sunday night or Monday morning. It has become a part of my professional life to be in the air, travelling the world. Last year I had 280 travelling …
The World Economic Forum, a nonprofit foundation, has ranked the most educated countries in the world as part of its annual Global Competitiveness Report. The WEF created the index using a variety of objective and subjective measures. Each country’s score, from 1 to 7, is based on factors including secondary education enrollment rate and …
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Open markets are essential for a sustained global recovery and equity for years to come. Cristine Lagarde, Jim Yong Kim and Roberto Azevedo has written an article in Wall Street Journal about trade. Many of the world’s economic leaders gathering this week in Washington for the International Monetary Fund/World Bank annual meetings may face …
Tonight we plays our second round qulifying game in the FIFA Soccer World Cup. In the first game Sweden got a 1-1 draw against Netherlands. Now we play Luxembourg away, a game we have to win. On Monday we play Bulgaria at home. We need six points from these two games, before we play …
You want to learn a foreign language but you’re stuck on which one to go for? Well my friend, don’t follow the crowd, go for a fun choice like Swedish. What’s that? You’re not sure? Then let me convince you! Reason one: Swedish is a (relatively) easy language to pick up If you had …
Today I have been in Sandviken North of Stockholm for meetings and delivering a speech at a high-level Compliance Seminar. It was a great meeting with many good discussions and questions. I presented our AEO concept and developments in the field of compliance management globally. I like meeting professionals from the private sector for …
It is Nobel Prize week. As a Swedish citizen I am – like almost every Swede – very proud of the Nobel Prize institution. The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed in a number of categories by Swedish and Norwegian institutions in recognition of academic, cultural, and/or scientific advances. The …
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