BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will make a direct pitch today to Argentine and Canadian businesses to open their wallets to more investment in the South American country and in Canada.
Trudeau’s scheduled luncheon speech in front of the Argentina-Canada Chamber of Commerce will touch on many of the same messages he delivered Thursday, the first of two days he is spending in Argentina.
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Trudeau and Argentine president Mauricio Macri announced a number of bilateral initiatives on Thursday, including Canadian experts helping Argentina relocate 3,000 Syrian refugees to Argentina and reopening Argentina’s borders to Canadian pork products.
At a state dinner Thursday night at the presidential home outside the capital of Buenos Aires, Trudeau said giving citizens in both countries a chance to succeed is a significant challenge.
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And he said it’s made more difficult by economic anxiety and fears that are causing people to turn inward and distance themselves from neighbours and friends.
Trudeau has been repeatedly asked about Donald Trump’s election victory and what it means for international relations, but has said he is willing to work with the U.S. president-elect.
Trump will be on the minds of world leaders at the APEC summit in Lima, Peru, which Trudeau will attend beginning later today, as they figure out a path forward for global trade talks with the possibility of the United States thickening its borders.
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