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▶ 14:24 · $CAT · Stoltenberg criticizes ethical council's Caterpillar divestment recommendation as overreach
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In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen

Jens Stoltenberg: How Norway Built the World’s Largest Fund | Podcast | In Good Company

2026-06-10 · 6 company · 7 thematic
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Jens Stoltenberg served as Norway's Prime Minister (2000-2001, 2005-2013), NATO Secretary General (2014-2024), and returned as Finance Minister in 2025. He architected the fiscal rule that built the world's largest sovereign wealth fund.

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“Caterpillar is an important provider of you know a lot of trucks and other things we use in Norway then which government is a customer. Um uh but on a small amount of those trucks are then sold to the US government which then sell them to…”
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