The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs of the Department of State, Kurt Tong visited Paraguay from November 30th to December 1st, 2015. During his visit, Tong met with Paraguayan officials and private sector representatives to address economic and trade issues, in addition to moving forward with discussions of the recent meeting in Asuncion on the Bilateral Trade and Investment Council (JCTI for its acronym in English) between Paraguay and the United States.
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Tong used his visit to the country to focus on continued cooperation on ways to facilitate trade and investment in the region.
Also, the Deputy Assistant Secretary Kurt Tong gave a presentation on “Strategies to use trade as an engine of inclusive growth” in the Paraguayan American Chamber of Commerce.