“We are optimistic that it can be achieved,” said Minister Fernando Mattos, ahead of President Luis Lacalle Pou’s trip to that country.
The minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP), Fernando Mattos, admitted that the government remains optimistic about signing a strategic trade agreement with China during the president’s official trip Luis Lacalle Pou to that country, which will take place starting this Saturday the 18th.
Although he ruled out signing a FTA (TLC), Mattos He specified that they will seek to advance in the signing of a new alliance, including issues such as the modification of the export protocol of meat ovine and bovine.
The owner of the MGAP He expressed this at a press conference, after meeting with Lacalle Pou, stating that “it is one of the most important official missions that the president will carry out” and maintained that the objective is to “raise the degree of relationship with China to a comprehensive strategic alliance relationship, as they call it.”
The leader highlighted the work in preparing the agreements by pointing out that “they are always very studied and negotiated” and anticipated: “We are optimistic that it can be achieved on this occasion.” In any case, he clarified that, otherwise, “the signing will be left for another occasion, but already well advanced or definitively agreed.”
The main objectives of the visit to China
The journey of Lacalle Pou to China Its goals include achieving qualifications for the agricultural and livestock sector, among which Mattos mentioned the protocol meat bovine and ovine last signed in 2018.
“It has a new edition with the incorporation of another product such as bovine stomachs,” the minister specified about the negotiation, as well as the request for the time spent in the agricultural establishment of the slaughterhouse to go from 90 to 46 days.
A long-worked agreement
During the official mission, which will take place between the 18th and the 25th, Lacalle Pou will have a meeting with the president of that country, Xi Jinping, on a trip where representatives of different chambers of commerce in the country will accompany him.
As part of the efforts, there were several visits to that country, by the Mattos, of the then Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining (MIEM) and today Chancellor, Omar Paganini, as well as the last game of the Secretary of the Presidency, Alvaro Delgado.
In this journey, Slim He highlighted that the country’s objective “is to export more Uruguayan products to China with greater added value” and highlighted that he observed “a lot of interest in moving forward” on the part of the Asian giant.
Source: Ambito
