Valdis Dombrovskis in Washington D.C., United-States - Main contents

date	October 17, 2019 - October 20, 2019
city	Washington D.C., United States
location	Washington D.C., United States (20h00-20h30 CET)
station	EbS
attending	V. (Valdis) Dombrovskis i, K. (Kristalina) Georgieva i et al.
organisation	European Commission (EC) i

Valdis Dombrovskis in Washington D.C., United-States: meets Anders Aslund, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council; meets Jeffrey C. Sprecher, Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange; meets Oksana Markarova, Ukraine Finance Minister; launches the International Platform on Sustainable Finance; attends the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) introductory session; delivers a keynote speech at the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action and COP25 Reception.

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