The Government reported, through the Ministry of Economy (Mineco) that the meeting was held with the United States Commercial Representative (USTR), Ambassador Jameson Greer and his team.
The Guatemala delegation is headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carlos Ramiro Martínez and the Minister of Economy, Gabriela García, who participated in the meeting with the Guatemalan ambassador to Washington, Hugo Beteta.
The conversations officially began within the framework of the joint work proposals, and the Government of Guatemala delivered the report that responds to the areas identified in the most recent annual report of commercial barriers that was prepared by the UST, added the government statement.
In this, non -tariff commercial barriers are indicated in the country in at least eight areas, to which it responds with its Guatemala report, which include actions in customs modernization, trade facilitation, improvement of standards and phytosanitary, protection to intellectual property and port modernization.
Ambassador Greer recognized the strategy raised by Guatemala and expressed satisfaction of counting, from the beginning, with a roadmap and specific results obtained to date, the Mineco reported in a statement, without delving into details of these points.
“The Government reiterates the importance and urgency that this process advances to a favorable solution for Guatemala and strengthens trade between the two countries.”
The Guatemala delegation is accompanied by around 15 delegates of the private sector of the country, which includes executives of the Coordinating Committee of Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial and Financial Associations (CACIF) and different business chambers.
Although these did not attend the official meeting with the USTR because there are only officials of the two governments there, they will participate in three days of activities with American sectors such as entrepreneurs, buyers, suppliers, representatives of other entities of the Executive and legislative of the United States.
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