Today on the Trip
Friday, October 17, 1997
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bariloche, Argentina
Today, President Clinton spends the morning in Buenos Aires before
traveling to Bariloche, Argentina for the afternoon and evening. His only
official events for the day are a business leaders breakfast sponsored by the
U.S. - Argentine Chamber of Commerce and a meeting with the American Embassy
community.
Business Leaders Breakfast
Meet and Greet with American Embassy Community
Business Leaders Breakfast Sheraton
Hotel
Presidents Clinton and Menem will visit a business breakfast which is
being sponsored by the U.S.-Argentine Chamber of Commerce. Representatives from
American and Argentine business communities will attend the breakfast.
President Clinton will make
brief remarks to close the breakfast.
This joint breakfast symbolizes the strong commercial relations the
U.S. shares with Argentina. Two way trade for 1997 is estimated to exceed $8
billion. U.S. firms are also the leading investors in Argentina with $12
billion in investment, and increasing at more than $2 billion per year. This
breakfast is an important opportunity to highlight U.S.-Argentine trade, the
importance of hemispheric free trade and American support for MERCOSUR and
other regional trade groupings that promote the liberalization of trade.
Meet and Greet with American Embassy Community
United States Embassy
Following remarks by Secretary of State Albright and the First Lady,
The President will speak briefly before the American Embassy community before
officially opening the new Embassy Information Resource Center (IRC). The
President will also receive an honorary membership in the Argentine Center for
International Relations (CARI).
The IRC is the United States Information Agency's state-of-the-art
reference center on the U.S. It offers unique access to information on relevant
U.S. Government legislation, trade, environmental and education issues as well
as other areas of interest via multiple computer databases and the Internet.
CARI is a well known and respected Argentine forum focused on foreign
policy, and has conferred such honorary membership to visiting dignitaries in
the past, including President Bush, Secretary Albright, and the Heads of State
of Spain, Panama, Haiti, Hungary and Finland. Following his visit with the
American Embassy community, The President and First Lady will depart for the
flight to Bariloche, where they will spend the rest of the day and evening.
President Clinton's Trip to Venezuela,
Brazil and Argentina
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