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John Taylor, Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs, will travel to Brazil and Argentina next week to for discussions of the economies of each country.
On Monday, April 19, Taylor will be in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for meetings of U.S. - Brazil Group for Growth. The Group for Growth discussions are designed to examine strategies for increasing productivity growth. The first meetings were held in Washington, DC in August 2003. Taylor will have additional meetings with members of the financial community, small business representatives, economists and academics, including meetings on the morning of Tuesday, April 20.
Under Secretary Taylor will arrive in Buenos Aires, Argentina on the evening of Tuesday, April 20. On Wednesday, April 21 he will meet with economic officials of the Government of Argentina in order learn first hand the progress of economic reform. Taylor will also meet with members of the Argentine Congress of Deputies, and representatives of the business community.
The visit on Wednesday will also include a roundtable discussion on Argentina and the global economy with graduate students at Universidad Torcuato di Tella.
Further times and details on the visits will be forthcoming.