Good morning, i am the executive Vice President of the u. S. Chamber of commerce, in charge of international affairs. On behalf of the u. S. Chamber of delighted toare host the u. S. Secretary of state for exiting the European Union, david davis, give him a round of applause. I know, secretary davis this is your first visit back to washington in some time. It is an interesting time on both sides of the atlantic. Here we have our unique set of interesting and complex challenges which will not be discussed at todays discussion. An are coming off interesting round of negotiations with your counterpart in europe as well. I know there are a lot of Business Leaders but there are also diplomats from Different Industries in washington. I want to recognize one diplomat in particular. Embassy whohe u. K. Has done a great job representing your country in washington dc. Now, it is an unusual occurrence, someone said on their way in, this is the first time in 25 years ive worn a tie on a friday bef
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Has told meps in brussels that britain will soon regret its decision to leave the eu. He used his annual state of the European Union speech to argue that the eu should now see britains exit which he also called sad and tragic as an opportunity for the remaining countries to move towards a closer union. Translation on march 29, 2019, the date when the United Kingdom will leave the European Union, this will bea leave the European Union, this will be a very sad and tragic moment in oui be a very sad and tragic moment in our history. We will always regret this, andi our history. We will always regret this, and i think that you will regret it as well soon, if i might say. Applause translation nonetheless, we have to respect the will of the british people. But we are going to make progress, we will keep moving, we will move on, because brexit isnt everything, its not the future of europe, its not the be all and end all. Jean claude juncker. Icelands foreign minister joins icelands foreign mi