Overview
- Argentina's government, which announced the plan Monday through ambassador Ian Sielecki with support from foreign minister Pablo Quirno, is organizing a Paris edition of Argentina Week for the second half of 2026.
- The push follows the provisional start of the Mercosur–EU trade deal, which opens a 780‑million‑person market and lowers tariffs, a change officials argue will make projects in Argentina more financeable for European firms.
- Organizers say the event will spotlight oil and gas, mining including lithium, agroindustry, biotechnology, energy infrastructure, and the knowledge economy, with a format modeled on the March New York roadshow but with a heavier tilt toward industry.
- Paris was chosen for its concentration of multilateral bodies and major financiers such as the OECD and the International Energy Agency, and diplomats cite a 50.7% rise in French investment during the administration’s first 18 months as a draw.
- Sources close to the effort expect President Javier Milei and Karina Milei to attend, though this is not confirmed, and the foreign ministry is also preparing additional Argentina Week stops in other European cities later this year.