News item | 27-11-2023 | 2:20 PM
Prime Minister Rutte will visit the United States from 4 to 6 December, partly together with Flemish Prime Minister Jambon and Minister Adriaansens of Economic Affairs and Climate. The visit is dedicated to an economic mission surrounding the semiconductor industry and takes place in Phoenix, Ariz and San Francisco, California. Led by VNO-NCW and Flanders Trade & Investment a delegation of Dutch and Flemish companies and knowledge institutes, specialized in semiconductors, will travel along. The purpose of the mission is to strengthen cooperation with the United States on trade, innovation and investment in the semiconductor industry.
Prime Minister Rutte will visit on Monday afternoon, December 4 Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, Ariz. Dutch air force pilots are trained here for the F-35. He is then received by the mayor Gallego by Phoenixhe meets and visits the business delegation Heard Museum. The first day ends with a networking reception in the presence of the governor Hobbs by Arizona.
Prime Minister Rutte will be received on Tuesday, December 5 Waymo, a market leader in self-driving cars. This will be followed by a round table discussion with Dutch and American companies in the semiconductor industry Thunderbird School of Global Management and he visits Arizona State University. The Prime Minister is then received by the Governor Hobbs by Arizonaafter which he will visit ASM and ASML.
On Wednesday, December 6, the Prime Minister will be in the San Francisco Bay Area where he will visit it in the morning DeFremery Recreation Center in Oakland. This will be followed by visits to Stanford University, Microsoft and Nvidia, and there are discussions with companies that specialize in artificial intelligence (AI). The trip ends with a pitch session of Dutch startups in the ScaleNL program and a networking reception.