Maersk CEO Expects Biden Presidency to Soothe EU Trade Relations

The chief executive officer of the world’s biggest container shipping company says trade relations between Europe and the U.S. will probably become more “collaborative” under the presidency of Joe Biden.

Soren Skou, the CEO of A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, said he doesn’t expect the global trade outlook to change fundamentally, regardless of who’s in the White House.

But, “When it comes to the transatlantic relationship, President Biden will probably have a more collaborative approach as far as Europe is concerned,” Skou said in a Bloomberg Television interview on Wednesday with Anna Edwards.

Watch from 6m22s as Maersk CEO Soren Skou discusses the prospects for Europe-U.S. relations under the presidency of Joe Biden.

(Source: Bloomberg)

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