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On 13 June European Commission Vice President and Commissioner for enterprise and industry Antonio Tajani will visit Buenos Aires, to lead discussions with both politicians and business people about closer industrial cooperation between Argentina and the EU. He will be accompanied by a large business delegation from the EU composed of 23 companies and 3 business associations, representing 11 EU countries.
The EU as a whole is Argentina's first partner in cooperation, the first investor and its second largest trading partner, with a trade volume of 18.1 bn. To further develop this relationship, during the visit a series of business to business matchmaking sessions will enable participating EU and Argentinean companies to meet and discuss mutually beneficial opportunities.
This visit will incorporate concrete discussions on industrial cooperation, as well as consolidating EU-Argentina cooperation in strategic areas such as industrial cooperation, SMEs, tourism and space. For this reason Vice President Tajani will also have meetings with a number of high level Argentinean government representatives, including Jorge Capitanich the Head of Cabinet of the Argentinian President; Lino Baranao, the Minister of Science and Technology; Daniel Aguilera, the Secretary of Tourism; Héctor Timerman, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship; Débora Giorgi the Minister of Industry; Horacio Roura Secretary for SME and Regional Development; and Axel Kicillof, the Minister of Economy and Public...