Sergio Massa will travel to the United States in the first week of September

Massa’s initial idea was to make a tour of the United States, France and Qatar, but it was decided to divide the tour in two to enhance the agenda of contacts and negotiations.

15/08/2022

The Minister of Economy, Serge Massawill travel in the first week of September to the USA as part of a travel schedule abroad in which, it is hoped, he will also visit other countries, as reported today by the Argentine ambassador in Washington, Jorge Arguello.

“Today, with Sergio Massa we have defined his next agenda in the US. At the end of August I will receive (at the Argentine embassy) a high-level technical mission from the Ministry of Economy headed by Leonardo Madcur”Arguello detailed in a message on his Twitter account.

The ambassador added that “First week of September we confirm the visit (of) Minister Sergio Massa to Washington DC”.

The minister’s agenda includes a meeting with the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, to whom he will ratify that the objective set out in the agreement signed last March of lowering the deficit to 2.5% will be met. of GDP by the end of the year.

He would also meet with the president of the world Bank, David Malpassthe director for the Western Hemisphere of the United States National Security Council, Juan González, and in the United States Treasury it is not ruled out that Massa could arrange a meeting with Secretary Janet Yellen and Undersecretary David Lipton.

Massa’s initial idea was to make a tour of the United States, France and Qatar, but it was decided to divide the tour in two to enhance the agenda of contacts and negotiations.

In this way, the head of the Palacio de Hacienda expects to spend two or three days in Washington to guarantee an agenda at the highest institutional level and at least one day in Nueva Yorkto strengthen the relationship with investors.

For a second stage, there will be trips to France, where he will meet with the authorities of the Paris Club with which Argentina is negotiating a new agreement for a debt of nearly US$ 2,500 million, and then to Qatar.