Dujovne and Caputo met with Swiss President to promote investment and bilateral cooperation

The Minister of Treasury, Nicolas Dujovne, and the Minister of Finance, Luis Caputo, held this afternoon a meeting with the President of the Swiss Confederation, Doris Leuthard, who arrived to the country together with a delegation of businessmen and will be meeting tomorrow with President Mauricio Macri.

During the meeting, the officials discussed the evolution of agreements between both countries on automatic sharing of tax information and their development was highly appreciated.

President Leuthard highlighted the changes implemented by President Mauricio Macri’s Government and offered her cooperation to encourage investment in Argentina. She also highlighted the improvement of financial credit ratings and the National Government’s efforts to open to the market.

During the meeting, Leuthard and the Ministers talked about the G20 agenda, presided over by Argentina next year.

The Swiss President and her delegation will also have a tough agenda with national officials and private investors. Mrs. Leuthard came to the country with more than thirty CEOs, representing the areas of machinery production, railways, engineering, pharmaceutics industry, renewable energy, agricultural products and the financial sector.