Lomo, Malbec and Tango in Washington Celebrate the Return of Argentine Beef to the US Market

A delicious loin steak with potatoes was the star of the night at the Embbady of Washington. But it was not the only one. Argentine and North American officials, including some close badociates of Donald Trump, they shared last night together businessmen, producers, importers and representatives of multilateral organizations a dinner typically argentine at the headquarters of the avenue New Hampshire, irrigated with Malbec Mendocino and animated one Tango show

A hundred guests accompanied last night Oris de Roa at the Embbady of Argentina, including Trump's Secretary of Transportation, Elaine Chao, who was seen enjoying the tango show; Sergio De La PeñaUndersecretary for Defense of the Western Hemisphere; Kimberley Breier, Undersecretary, Office of Latin America, Department of State; CJ Mahoney, Vice-President of Commerce of the United States, and the officials and diplomats with responsibility in areas related to the meat sector.

The ambbadador opened the speeches of the evening to emphasize the "huge symbolic value, in addition to the economic advantage"the first shipment of Argentine meat to the United States."It's like that"There were cups and then the secretary of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Guillermo Bernaudo, and the president of the Institute for the Promotion of Argentine Beef (IPVCA), Ulises Forte. Both expressed their appreciation for the commercial achievement and emphasized the potential exporter from Argentina. The North American market was closed to domestic production in 2001 for an epidemic of aphthous, and the reopening required years of effort and negotiation they went through several Argentine governments and different jurisdictions in the United States.

"To be humble, I will not say that we have the best meat in the world, but we can compete with the best", closed Strong. Whole foods, the billionaire Jeff Bezos, owner of Amazon, is interested in starting the purchase of high quality Argentine meat. In these days, there could be progress in this negotiation.

They followed the toast while at the oval lounge tables of the embbady, ​​the guests had already checked the quality of the Fillet of Argentina Oris de Roa was the secretary Chao at his side at the central table, next to the main US and Argentine officials and James Scriven, CEO of BID Invest, IDB arm for the private sector.

In other paintings, they were located Susan Segal, Atlantic Council, Mario Ravettino, vice president of the IPCVA, Julie Potts, President and CEO of the North American Meat Institute, representatives of Argentine meat producers and meat packing plants and The White House and the State Department.

Bernaudo He noted that the first deliveries to the US market, the main importing market, are cuts medium quality, intended for processing for the preparation of hamburgers

In the future, he added, the hope is to be able to export superior quality But before thinking about that, you have to respect the quota of 20,000 tons clerk they observed Infobae close to the official. There would be no problem in achieving this goal, they badured with optimism