Austria Chamber Of Commerce And Industry Held The 2020 Annual Online Export Conference (Export Day).

The Austria chamber of Commerce and industry (WKO) holds the annual "Export Day" every year, and the business representatives stationed in various countries return to the country at this time, and offer suggestions on the relocation of member companies. This (109) WKO export conference was held online in June 30th due to the new crown pneumonia outbreak.

WKO Michael Austria, executive director of Advantage Austria, said that in the face of the impact of the supply chain disruption caused by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, Austria must remain open to the outside world and develop new customers, such as developing markets in South Asia and Central Asia, and establishing new networks (Network). The canal stressed that the business representatives who had been stationed in various countries had not been recalled after the outbreak of the epidemic, but that they should remain in the local area to assist manufacturers. We hope that the participants will seize the opportunity of today's export conference and conduct one on one online consultation and business opportunities matching.

WKO President Harald Mahrer emphasized that Austria is an export oriented country. It should maintain open and produce high quality products, aiming at "future markets" such as South Asia and Africa, and pay attention to the trend of digitalization and automation. Margarete Schramb CK, the Minister of digital economy, emphasized the importance of developing "digitalization and innovation" and the importance of investing in new technology and research and development. If rapid digital transformation, intelligent manufacturing and automation are available, it will help exports.

EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan was invited to discuss EU trade policy after the outbreak by video. It pointed out that the new crown pneumonia epidemic and the prevalence of global protection and nationalism were not conducive to trade. Exports are very important to the EU economy, employment and small and medium-sized enterprises, so it is necessary to quickly adjust the economic engine in this difficult period. The lessons of this epidemic will also enable the EU to diversify its supply sources in the future and support investments in the pharmaceutical, health and digital sectors. It is also promoting the reduction of tariffs on "epidemic prevention materials" with Canada, Norway and other countries in WTO, G20 and other platforms.

The H Executive Committee said that the EU will work hard to deal with other countries' unfair trade issues in addition to continuing to sign FTA. In the future, Chief Trade Enforcement Officer will be set up under the trade Trade (DG) to deal with non-tariff barriers and other issues, and to release trade barriers reports and strengthen the use of "trade defense tools" (trade defense tool). The bilateral relations between Europe and the United States are a difficult problem. We hope to strengthen the dialogue between the European Union and the United States in technology and trade, but the EU will not tolerate the unfairness of US trade in the EU, and will retaliate if necessary.

Florian Frauscher, director of business and innovation and international policy at the Ministry of Digital Economics, said that the new crown pneumonia epidemic crisis needs to strengthen the resilience of the economy, especially the key industries such as pharmaceuticals, protective products and so on. But also from the crisis, we can see the innovation and response ability of Austrian enterprises, such as the establishment of mask energy in a short time. F pointed out that Austria is an export-oriented economy, benefiting from exports and global division of labor, so it can not shut itself out of the global market, and should strengthen investment in future technologies such as logarithmic and climate friendly. Austria has advantages in machinery, vehicles and other manufacturing industries and Engineering (Engineering) and other service industries, but also has high wage costs. In the future, the Austrian government will continue to implement the policy of reducing the tax burden and encouraging investment to strengthen the advantages of Austrian commercial strongholds.