Romania has the largest and most significant delegation to Davos it has ever had, presidential advisor Radu Burnete said on Tuesday.
The Romanian delegation participating in the World Forum in Davos is made up of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Oana Toiu, the Minister of Investments and European Projects, Dragos Pislaru, the Minister of Energy, Bogdan Ivan, and presidential advisor Radu Burnete.
"It is obvious that the world built in two big steps after 1945 and then after 1989 no longer fits into the clothes cut then and Davos is still a place where this is seen. The era of unconstrained globalization, the era of multilateral trade and the quasi-absolute domination of Western multinational companies is giving way to a new one that we do not really know what it will look like: customs tariffs, less porous borders, much greater uncertainties, political interference and security reasons that precede economic ones. Nevertheless, people and states will continue to do business and trade. They have always done so. My conviction is that a world of free trade is more prosperous than the one that is now being drawn before us and that we will return to it someday. Until then, we cannot ignore the reality on the ground, but even under these conditions Romania can continue economic development," Radu Burnete wrote on his Facebook page on Tuesday.
In his opinion, Romania can contribute "to a European Union that remains a commercial giant" and, at the same time, attract "American investments in key sectors."
"Nothing prevents us from supporting our companies and this episode of budgetary consolidation will be overcome. We can also have trade relations with countries in Asia or the Middle East or Latin America. Does this mean that we are with everyone and no one? No. What matters are the direction, the principles and the red lines: Romania must reach the development level of Central Europe (Austria, the Czech Republic etc.); we do business, but not under any conditions; we are friendly with investors as long as they respect our values; we do not accept being subjected to a hybrid economic war or unfair competition; democracy and freedom are not negotiable; we will support our companies; the European Union is our place in the world; America is the most important ally; we are an average country with ambitions sometimes beyond the resources we can engage in the geopolitical game, but that means pulling hard to increase resources not "We don't necessarily have to reduce our ambitions. I don't think we can always be the first to jump into the boxing ring, nor the last. It will be a complicated choreography in the coming years that needs all the intellectual resources of our nation," the presidential advisor pointed out.
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