Gov't 'will not negotiate with Brazil if it endangers one single job position'

The Government assured that Argentina will not be engaged in any negotiations that could effectively leave a single Argentine citizen without a job and will not allow local small or medium sized business to decrease their growth. 

“We all contribute to strengthen our domestic market with active public policies, so when it comes to protecting it, we will all be there,” Industry Minister Débora Giorgi said, as she assured “we will not be naïve and we will not back down from any negotiation that we believe may affect a single job position.”

The minister then warned that “defending our domestic market will not create any rifts in our relationship with other countries. Argentina is capable of sitting at the table to negotiate and make the exact same demands other countries are making: to have trade agreements that produce benefits on both sides of the border.” 

Giorgi explained that “the reindustrialization process that the country began in 2003 was achieved by the entire population and we’re not changing course,” and aimed her comments at those who “don’t want income redistribution to be more equitable.”

“A country that has no industry is relegated and poor,” Giorgi assured. 

As she attended the opening ceremony of a textile factory, Giorgi assured that “while in the 90’s the national industry sector was being destroyed and unemployment was on the rise, nowadays we have a strong textile industry that keeps growing steadily.”