The group met with the Secretary of International Economic Negotiations, Ambassador Fernando Brun
The Argentine Agroindustrial Council (CAA) met today with officials from the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Agriculture and, at the end of the meeting, issued a positive assessment of the meeting.
The meeting, held within the framework of a plenary session of 40 CAA chambers and entities, was attended by the Secretary of International Economic Negotiations, Ambassador Fernando Brun. Issues of market access for various products such as meat, fruits, dairy products, cereals, and oilseeds, among others, were addressed. Also on the table were multilateral negotiations that establish sanitary and phytosanitary regulations. In addition to Brun, the Undersecretary of Markets of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agustín Tejeda, and the president of Senasa, María Beatriz “Pilu” Giraudo, were also present.
"The working meeting with the Foreign Ministry's economic team was very positive. We felt supported by this Foreign Ministry, which understands the imperative need for public-private cooperation to defend the export interests of the agroindustry in a very aggressive context with new forms of international protectionism," said Gustavo Idígoras, president of the CAA.
Regarding Senasa, according to reports, Giraudo's visit focused on the need to strengthen this agency as a fundamental tool for certifying exports. "The CAA proposed reactivating the technical roundtables to advance regulatory facilitation and health negotiations," they said. According to Idígoras, Giraudo's presence demonstrates interest in a common agenda that seeks a "strengthened, autonomous Senasa with full technical capacity."
On another note, it was reported that the CAA signed a technical cooperation agreement with the Southern Group of Producer Countries (GPS) to improve the analysis of international markets, especially in the face of geopolitical conflicts affecting the agricultural export sectors. It was also detailed that the CAA analyzed the status of the Investment Law project (RIMI Law), which has not yet been addressed in the Chamber of Deputies. “The president of the CAA expressed the entity's concern about the lack of progress, since this law could generate a strong recovery in investment at the federal level. The CAA will continue working to promote this initiative, as well as other bills such as those on biofuels and agricultural risk,” he noted.
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