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The United States established diplomatic relations with Latvia on July 28, 1922. The U.S. Legation in Riga was officially established on November 13, 1922, and served as the headquarters for U.S. representation in the U.S. Global Leadership Project Report - 2012
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* "Latvians" in Stephan Thernstrom, Ann Orlov and Oscar Handlin, eds. ''Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups'' (1980
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The United States established diplomatic relations with Latvia on July 28, 1922. The U.S. Legation in Riga was officially established on November 13, 1922, and served as the headquarters for U.S. representation in the Baltics
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during the interwar era. The Soviet invasion forced the closure of the legation on September 5, 1940, but Latvian representation in the United States has continued uninterrupted for 85 years. The United States never recognized the forcible incorporation of Latvia into the U.S.S.R.
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and views the present government of Latvia as a legal continuation of the interwar republic.
Latvia and the United States have signed treaties on investment, trade, intellectual property protection, extradition
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, mutual legal assistance, and avoidance of double taxation
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Double liability may be mitigated in ...
. Latvia has enjoyed most-favored-nation treatment with the United States since December 1991.
According to the 2012 U.S. Global Leadership Report, 30% of Latvians
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approve of U.S. leadership, with 30% disapproving and 39% uncertain.'' Gallup'' Principal U.S. Embassy Officials include: * Ambassador Nancy Bikoff Pettit * Deputy Chief of Mission Sharon Hudson-Dean The U.S.
Embassy
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in Latvia is located in Riga.
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See also
* Latvian Americans *Foreign relations of the United States
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* Foreign relations of Latvia
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* United States Ambassador to Latvia
References
Further reading
* Andersons, Edgars, and M. G. Slavenas. "The Latvian and Lithuanian Press." in ''The Ethnic Press in the United States: A Historical Analysis and Handbook,'' edited by Sally M. Miller. (Greenwood Press, 1987). * Kārklis, Maruta, Līga Streips, and Laimonis Streips. ''The Latvians in America, 1640–1973: A Chronology and Fact Book'' (Oceana Publications, 1974). * Straumanis, Andris. "Latvian Americans." in ''Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America,'' edited by Thomas Riggs, (3rd ed., vol. 3, Gale, 2014), pp. 65–78Online
* "Latvians" in Stephan Thernstrom, Ann Orlov and Oscar Handlin, eds. ''Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups'' (1980
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*History of Latvia - U.S. relations
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