Szijjarto: 1,600 US companies employ 100,000 people in Hungary

Some 1,600 US companies employ 100,000 people in Hungary, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday. Szijjarto addressed an online meeting of the US-Hungary Business Council (USHBC) and shared the video on Facebook. He said that in the new era of global economy, only companies that can adapt to new challenges would be successful. The two principles behind the government's measures introduced during the second wave of the novel coronavirus epidemic have been to protect people's health and lives, and to maintain the functioning of the economy, he said.