Minister arrived on Monday to Buenos Aires to negotiate less bureaucratic measures and trade facilitation

Buenos Aires (1 August) - The Minister of Industry, Trade and Services, Marcos Pereira, defended on Monday during a meeting with Argentine businessmen at the Embassy of Brazil in Buenos Aires, enhanced trade partnership between the major partners Mercosur. "Brazil and Argentina together, united, are stronger," he said.

In his first official visit to Argentina, the Minister Marcos Pereira leads a delegation negotiating agreements to reduce bureaucracy bilateral trade and reduce time and costs of import and export between the two countries.

On Monday, the teams of the MDIC and the Ministry of Production of Argentina met to discuss the implementation of the Digital Certificate of Origin Pilot Project (COD), electronic document certifying the origin of the goods.

On Tuesday (2), Marcos Pereira participates in the Bilateral Meeting of Brazil-Argentina Trade and meets with the Minister of Production, Francisco Cabrera. At 16h, Marcos Pereira and Francisco Cabrera sign Memorandum of Cooperation on Trade Facilitation between Brazil, Argentina and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), an initiative that promotes trade facilitation as a mechanism for regional integration.

They sign yet Memorandum of Understanding on Digital Certificates of Origin of Use between Argentina and Brazil, which will allow mutual recognition and the legal validity of digital signatures, thus simplifying bilateral trade procedures.

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During the meeting with Argentine businessmen, Marcos Pereira drew a picture of the Brazilian political and economic scenario and said the government of President Michel Temer is implementing measures that will make the Brazil forward and resume growth.

The meeting Jorge Lima, the Southern Cone CEO of BRF-Quickfood; Jorge Zabaleta, the Cambras; Pablo Rubén Jedwabny, president of Vicunha Textiles; Roberto Pereira, director of Moura Batteries Argentina; Martin Eurnekian, director of Corporación America; Enrique Alemañy, president of the Automobile Manufacturers Association; Nicolas Ballestero, president of the Argentine Association of Manufacturers of Tractors and Farm Machinery; Raúl Javier Amil, president of Component Manufacturers Association Argentinas; Ruben Oscar Garcia, president of the Chamber of Importers; Cristiano Ratazzi, president of Fiat; and Mr José de Mendiguren.