Massa is in Washington to participate in a meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank

Minister of Economy , Sergio Massa has arrived in Washington To participate in the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB), where he will meet again with the head of the multilateral organization, Kristalina GeorgievaHe will hold meetings with officials The US government and its peers in the G20.

During a stopover on his trip to the US capital, Massa was meeting in the Dominican Republic with US Under Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Deputy Under Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Ricardo Zuniga.

It will precede Massa and Sherman’s meeting The US official arrives in Argentina, where she will set an agenda that includes meetings with national officials and visits to civil institutions Such as AMIA and the University of Buenos Aires (UBA).

In addition to the plenary session, the agenda to be set on Thursday includes a meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), a working breakfast with economic authorities from South America and Mexico organized by the IMF’s Western Hemisphere Department.

You will also participate in a file Finance Ministers Meeting for Climate Actiona high-profile seminar on the macro financial implications of crypto assets, and a meeting Organized by Kristalina Georgieva With Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of Latin America, Canada and the United States.

The minister will maintain in Washington Business meetings with Gita Gopinath, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Who highlighted today to El País newspaper the “prudent macroeconomic management” implemented by the Argentine Ministry of Economy that originally contributed to lower levels of inflation.

According to Gopinath, “If you look at the changes over time, I would say that in the second half of the year, thanks to prudent macroeconomic management, we started to see inflation come down.”

“But then,” the official admitted, “at the beginning of the year, the country was hit by a severe drought. This is a fundamental change, a huge shock to the system.”

Massa’s agenda with the IMF will continue with a meeting – other ministers from the region will also be attending – with the new director of the Western Hemisphere Division, Chilean Rodrigo Valdez, who will officially take over from next May.

Massa will also meet with Michelle Bale, deputy director of the National Security Council.

Likewise, he will hold a meeting with President Joe Biden’s chief advisor, Juan Gonzalez, with whom he will review the bilateral strategic agenda, which includes, among other things, engagement with multilateral credit organizations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the Islamic Development Bank.

In this meeting, the two officials will review issues related to foreign trade, the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), exports of biofuels, citrus fruits, medicines and food products, and everything related to cooperation in the field of energy, important minerals, lithium and rare earths.

the Massa’s schedule – which runs until Saturday – will be complemented by bilateral meetings with Matthias KormannSecretary General of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, and José Antonio Ocampo, Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia.

Massa Travels accompanied by the Ministry’s Senior AdviserLeonardo Madkour International Relations Consultant, Gustavo Martinez Pandiani; and Communications Director of the Economic Portfolio Santiago García Vazquez.