The participants of the discussion also discussed how the economic slowdown in the European Union and in the world will affect Latvia in the medium term, particularly with regard to services and industry, exports and the state budget. The direction in which the state's investment program could "heat up" the Latvian economy was also discussed.
The virtual discussion was all-male, attended by Minister of Economics Jānis Vitenbergs, Governor of the Bank of Latvia Mārtiņš Kazāks, Chief Economist of Luminor bank Pēteris Strautiņš, Chief Economist of the World Bank Kārlis Šmits, President of the Latvian Electrical and Electronics Industry Association Normunds Bergs and senior official of the European Investment Bank (and former Finance Minister) Baltic Office Andris Vilks.
