Political Economic Section

The Political/Economic Section coordinates with the Danish Government on the full range of political, economic, security and transatlantic issues.  We utilize our official contacts with representatives in the Danish Government, as well as officials in Greenland and the Faroe Islands, non-governmental organizations, and commercial interlocutors to advocate policies consistent with U.S. interests and to coordinate in areas of shared interest.

Some of the specific issues handled by the Political/Economic Section are:

• Bilateral and multilateral trade policy
• Energy
• Civil aviation
• Biotechnology
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Maritime affairs
• Information technology and telecommunications
• Labor affairs
• Financial issues
• Development assistance coordination
• NATO 
• Missile Defense
• International peacekeeping and security issues
• Counterterrorism, including countering the financing of terrorism 
• Law-enforcement coordination
• Human rights
• Trafficking in Persons
• Religious freedom