The opening took place on Monday Procolombia virtual macro wheel, which is done with the aim of promoting the import and export of non-mining, amid the economic reactivation of the country.
Canada was the special host in the discussion of Procolombiaso that the ambassador of that country in Colombia, Marcel Lebleu, was one of the first to speak to highlight the free trade agreement between the two countries and the trade relations between the two countries.
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During his speech, the Canadian had connection issues, so his signal was lost at one point while he was speaking. However, the signal returned and continued with the video call
A few minutes later, while Lebleu was speaking, he asked to post a video, which did not appear, and thought he had another technical problem, despite the fact that his image continued to appear in the film. virtual conversation
At that point the Canadian Ambassador he stared at his computer, grimaced, and later took some papers to cover the camera for a few seconds.
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Then he covered his face, got up from his chair, threw away the documents he had brought with him, picked up his phone, and walked away from the camera while the other participants in the video call watched him, including the president. Ivan Duque
Seeing him, the director of Procolombia, Flavia Santoro, the diplomat seemed to indicate that they were still watching and listening to him, so he ended his speech again, saying he thought the line had been disconnected again.
“I thought I was going too far,” Ambassador Lebleu replied sadly after the scene.
You can watch the episode from minute 25:45:
The Reactivation Macrowheel takes place from April 12 to 23, where some 1,000 companies from 62 countries meet nearly 2,000 national companies from 26 divisions of the country.
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In the event, which is estimated to generate some 13,000 virtual appointments, companies will mainly participate from United States, Peru, Canada, Guatemala, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Bolivia and Spain
Iván Duque on the macro wheel.
While the departments with the most participating companies are Cundinamarca, Antioquia, Valle del Cauca, Atlántico, Santander, Risaralda, Caldas and Norte de Santander.
Of the nearly 1,000 companies buying, 580 will participate for the first time in a ProColombia Macro Roundtable, showing that new interests are generated by international companies who want to know the national supply of goods and services.
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President Iván Duque, for his part, justified the tax reform to the investors who attended the opening.
“That within this sustainable social transformation social programs can be extended to the most vulnerable populations, that these unconditional transfers gain a larger forecast over time, the refund of VAT to more households, the program to support formal employment, that subsidizes payroll. until the end of this year and consolidate free public university education for young people who are part of the most vulnerable class and Colombian middle class, strata 1, 2 and 3, ”he said.
He added that Colombia is a nation opening up to position itself as the Silicon Valley of Latin America, and that it increasingly seeks to capitalize on the setbacks caused by the pandemic to become a leading country in Fintech, Govtech, Edtech and all the use of technology applied to a wide range of sectors. “And all of this makes Colombia one of the most attractive places to invest in Latin America and the Caribbean,” said the president.
And all this makes Colombia one of the most attractive places to invest in Latin America and the Caribbean today.
“Colombia sees this opportunity as a scenario in which we say to investors: now is the time to invest in Colombia. A country with institutional stability, with a consolidated democracy, with a policy of protecting private investment and of unlimited respect for entrepreneurship, ”he said.
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