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Jun 11, 2020 (newstodate): According to Norwegian Radio/TV NRK, the country has definitively retreated from its application to the US security agency NSA to establish pre-clearance for passengers at Oslo Airport bound for destinations in the USA.
   Negotiations were initialed in October 2017 and  progressing until Norway unilaterally pulled out already by late 2019, while the information has only reached the public now.
    With TSA pre-clearance in place, airports can offer passengers security and customs pre-clearance before starting the flight and ending up with speedy entry into their US destination.  
   The host nation will be obliged to carry all expenses including stationing of US staff and equipment.  
   One crucial requirement is, however, that an airport applying for this status must have at least one US-registered airline on routes to the USA, which is not the case in Norway where no US carrier has been operating since United Airlines pulled out from the route between Oslo and New York in September 2016.
   If actually realized, the pre-clearance would have added extra costs on airlines bringing passengers from Oslo to the USA.

   In November 2016, Sweden and the US signed a bilateral agreement on the introduction of US Pre-clearance at Stockholm Arlanda Airport, but later changes in the market situation, the introduction of a prohibitive Swedish tax  on air traffic, and mounting costs for establishing the pre-clearance have put the issue on hold.

   By contrast, Copenhagen Airport has never opened talks with TS for a similar application for pre-clearance.