On Wednesday, August 14, 2024, Foreign Minister Dominique Hasler and the Ambassador of the United States of America to Liechtenstein, Scott Miller, signed an agreement to establish a Strategic and Economic Partnership Dialogue. With the agreement, the two countries commit to regular meetings at senior official level and an even closer exchange on topics of bilateral, global and multilateral interest.
The regular high-level administrative dialog will strengthen the bilateral relationship between the US and Liechtenstein by creating a format that allows for continuous follow-up on issues of mutual interest. The new format provides an important complement to the recent frequent contacts with the US at the government level. This will enable Liechtenstein to now also present national and foreign policy concerns in an institutionalized framework.
The Partnership Dialogue prioritizes economic and strategic concerns and thus takes into account the fact that the close economic relations with the US have an increasingly important strategic and security policy dimension. The US is one of Liechtenstein's most important trading partners. Liechtenstein companies now maintain around 7,000 jobs in the US and are an integral part of important American supply chains.
The declaration makes a positive contribution to the already excellent relations between Liechtenstein and the US. These were already deepened in March of this year with the signing of a declaration of intent in the area of apprenticeship training.