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| | Swedish-American Chambers of Commerce of USA, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | The stellar list of speakers included among others: Jan Eliasson, Ambassador of Sweden to the U.S.; Teel Bivins, United States Ambassador to Sweden; Pernille Spiers-Lopez, President, IKEA N.A.; Dr. John Hamre, President and CEO, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Peter Wallison, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute; Hans V.A. Johnsson, Sr. |
 | | Ambassador Bivins says that the American democracy was born out of mistrust of big government, which resulted in strong individualism and low taxes, etc. In Europe and Sweden, on the other hand, the democracy was born out of a belief that the citizens should sacrifice for the good of all. |
 | | The Swedish company is listed and the foreign parent holds less than 10% of the voting rights but the shareholding is considered held for "business reasons". |
| www.sacc-usa.org /1_news.html (13579 words) |
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