After visiting Lula at the Planalto Palace, in Brasilia, the presidential candidate gave a press conference together with Minister Haddadin which he spoke about the different economic and political issues that motivated his fleeting visit to the neighboring nation,
Sergio Massa’s announcements about the relationship with Brazil
During his dialogue with the media, Massa highlighted that today Argentina and Brazil took another step in the integration process.
“From the physical point of view, because we renewed the Sao Tomé-Sao Borja agreement, which allows us to continue managing the entire border crossing process and the logistics facility with the management and documentation center,” said the Minister of Economy.
Among the highlights, the official revealed: “We found a mechanism that surpasses ideas that we had been working on together with Minister Haddad and that were intended to guarantee the automotive, Brazilian and Argentine, and food, Brazilian and Argentine sectors, which are highly integrated”.
As he commented, it is an “instrument to finance exports from Brazil to Argentina for US$600 million, which also affects the financing of exports from Argentina to Brazil.
“Every 600 million dollars that Brazil imports to Argentina in automotive matters, there are 600 million dollars that return from Argentina to Brazil in automotive matters due to the assembly and synergy that their industries have,” commented.
Immediately afterwards, he said that the initiative was possible thanks to the work of the Brazilian Ministry of Finance, the BNDES bank, Banco Do Brasil, the Argentine Ministry of Economy, with the support and guarantee of the Latin American Development Bank (CAF).
Merchant Navy and BRICS membership
In this regard, he stressed that “Argentina and Brazil are indissoluble partners from the commercial and cultural point of view” and explained that the joint initiative between Argentina and Brazil to rebuild their fluvial merchant marines was resumed.
On this point, he reported that it was a process that Argentina and Brazil built for 20 years and that had been interrupted in the Bolsonaro government due to Brazil’s decision not to renew the flag reservation agreement.
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Another of the aspects that the head of Economy spoke about was the suspension of poultry exports to Brazil as a conscience
On the other hand, the Unión por la Patria candidate emphasized the importance of Argentina’s entry into the BRICS: “We are talking about 46% of the world’s population, integrated into the BRICS. 36% of the World GDP. In the In the case of the Argentina-Brazil relationship, we are talking about one of the main trading partners”.
And, immediately afterwards, he fired at the opposition.
“There were people who, without looking at the impact it has on the Argentine economy, began to talk about breaking Mercosur, rejecting the idea of breaking with the BRICS, without understanding that the destinies of Argentina and Brazil are inevitably tied, because between the we are the owners of almost 20% of the proteins that the world consumes”, concluded.
Source: Ambito
