WHY IS THE GLOBAL ATTENTION MOVING TO ICELAND? -With Ambassador Benedikt Höskuldsson of Iceland to India.
This episode of Global View explores Iceland; its strategicArctic location, the resources of the region, its strategic location for global powers, the new trade agreement with India that took 16 years to negotiate and what it means for relations between the countries.
00:00 Why Iceland is interesting and some reasons the world is looking at it.
01:02 One of the areas of focus with India is SMEs - what is being done for SMEs to build business between India and Iceland?
02:12 What are the emerging opportunities in trade after the TEPA (Trade &Economic Partnership Agreement) between India and EFTA (Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein)in March 2024?
05:15 How can people get information and access opportunities that are now existing?
06:06 Are there likely to be trade development delegations visiting India?
07:39 This agreement has taken 16 years of negotiations – when will it be operational the result start showing?
09:02 What are the details of flight from Iceland connecting India to Iceland?
10:00 Iceland has already four Geothermal projects in India. Are there opportunities for SMEs in this field as well?
11:33 As the world starts looking at the resources of the Arctic, are we likely to see an Arctic rush?
15:27 Are Global powers relooking at the Arctic and Iceland as a place of strategic interest?
19:23 What is Iceland doing with India in the area of Artificial Intelligence?
20:58 What are the rules for overseas companies and people for work Visas in Iceland?
21:51 What does Iceland offer tourists?
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