Past Event
Seminar

Power & Alliances: The Transatlantic Partnership in a Changing World

RSVP Required Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Please join us over brunch for a speech and conversation with Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commission's Executive Vice-President and highest ranking official responsible for Economy & Trade.  EVP Dombrovskis will present his perspectives for strengthening EU-U.S. bilateral relations and reviving transatlantic trade and geopolitical leadership in a fragmenting global landscape. Following these remarks, he will engage in conversation with Professor Mark Wu of Harvard Law School and take questions from the audience. 

Sponsored by the European Union Seminar at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, HLS International Legal Studies, and the Belfer Center Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship in conjunction with the Harvard International Law Journal.

EU Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis

ABOUT

Biography

  • European Commission Executive Vice-President responsible for an Economy that Works for People, also in charge of Trade

    Since October 2020

  • European Commission Executive Vice-President responsible for an Economy that Works for People

    2019 - present

  • European Commission Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union

    2016-2019

  • European Commission Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue

    2014-2016

  • Member of the European Parliament (MEP) representing the European People’s Party

    2014

  • Member of Parliament (Saeima) in Latvia

    2014

  • Prime Minister of Latvia

    2009-2014

  • Member of the European Parliament (MEP) representing the European People’s Party

    2004-2009

  • Finance Minister of Latvia

    2002-2004

  • Chief Economist at the Monetary Policy Department, Bank of Latvia

    2001-2002