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Iceland: A good country to do business with
In an interview on Bloomberg News TV, in New York on April 7, the Minister of Business Affairs, Dr. Gylfi Magnusson, emphasized that that Iceland's financial programme is moving in a positive direction. "The situation is better than you might expect, given what happened last fall. We are by no means out of the woods, but we are coping and it is moving along better than you could expect," he told Bloomberg in a live interview. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j36ZxWUDVa4&feature=channel_page
Dr. Magnusson was also interviewed on Fox News in Washington on April 6: http://www.foxbusiness.com/video-search/m/22068295/iceland-s-economic-turmoil.htm#q=Magnusson
Please note that Fox News' footage from riots in the streets is from Greece, not from Iceland.
The interviews took place between series of meetings between the Minister and officials within the US Administration, e.g. in the State Department, the Commerce Department and the International Monetary Fund. In New York City, on April 7, the Minister was a key speaker at Icelandic – American Chamber of Commerce’s conference "Icelandic Economy and Outlook".
