Caputo and Cabrera met with Businessmen of IDEA
The Minister of Production, Francisco Cabrera, and the Minister of Finance, Luis Caputo, met with businessmen of the Argentine Institute for Business Development (IDEA, for its acronym in Spanish). The meeting took place this morning at the building of the Ministry of Treasury.
The meeting was attended by: Javier Goñi, President of IDEA and representative of Ledesma, Gastón Remy, 1st Vice President of IDEA and representative of Vista Oil & Gas, and Gabriel Martino, 2nd Vice President of IDEA and representative of the bank HSBC. It was also atended by: Roberto Alexander (IBM), Diego Bekerman (Microsoft), Fernando Cinalli (S+R Consultores), Fernando Coccaro (E&Y), Hernan Dietrich (Grupo Dietrich), Nestor García (KPMG), Ignacio Gonzalez García (La Nación), Fabián Kon, (Banco Galicia), Teófilo Lacroze (Shell), Santiago Mignone (PWC), Marcelo Meller (Motomel), Diego Ordoñez (Dow), Federico Rava (Telefónica), Claudio Rodriguez (Sinteplast), Silvia Tenazinha (Almundo), David Uriburu (Grupo Techint), and Juan Manuel Vaquer (Dupont).
Both Ministers shared the Government’s vision on the economy and the productive sectors and they also talked about the negotiations with the IMF.
“The meeting was positive. The goal of this type of meetings is to inform the private sector about the measures our government is taking and to keep working together for the growth of our country”, Cabrera said.
“We want to bring certainty and foreseeability to businessmen. We are working to clear the horizon and continue in the path the country needs: the path of growth and creation of jobs”, Caputo added.
Javier Goñi, President of IDEA, said: “It is crucial for the Government to have spaces of dialogue and to listen to the business sector. From IDEA we want the best for the country and we aim to contribute to Argentina’s economic growth. The Government has given us certainty regarding the decisions taken. We are going to continue with the investment and development projects”.
Gastón Remy added: “The Government has given us certainty and calm; there is no need to bring ghosts from the past, we have to work together in this cultural change of long-term vision for growth, we have to keep transforming ourselves and we have to think in a competitive country with insertion into the world”.
Gabriel Martino said: “We have to remove the drama of a potential agreement with the IMF. Countries such as Colombia, Mexico and Brazil have entered into this type of agreements. The agreement is a guarantee, a reassurance for times of market volatility”.