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  • Diplomatic broadside

    09/03/2006 1:04:16 PM PDT · by Kurt_Hectic · 1 replies · 449+ views
    www.aftenposten.no ^ | 01 Sep 2006, 15:41 | Næringsliv24's Norwegian reporter Lars Magne Sunnanå Aftenposten English Web Desk Jonathan Tisdall
    The US ambassador to Norway gave a speech full of polite but very firm criticism of the Norwegian oil fund's blacklisting of American companies. US ambassador to Norway Benson K. Whitney spoke to the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) on Friday, and made it clear that shared core values "like fairness, transparency, justice, dialogue, ethics" gave way to "disappointment and surprise" due to the failure of Norway to live up these ideals when investing its petroleum riches. "It's one thing for an individual Norwegian to get up one morning, read the paper, decide they don't like a company for...