The Japanese ambassador in Spain advocates collaboration between Japanese, Spanish and Latin American companies in the global market

Meeting in Madrid

Takahiro Nakamae stated: “Both Japan and Spain are mature markets, with no prospects for quantitative easing. Relations with the Indo-Pacific, a center of global growth, and the Ibero-American countries, which possess and produce important mineral and food resources and are also key points of maritime traffic, are of strategic importance.”

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The Japanese ambassador to Spain, Takahiro Nakamae , has highlighted the importance of Japanese, Spanish and Latin American companies working together as trusted trading partners in the global market.

 

Nakamae made these statements during a business luncheon organized by the Business Council Alliance for Ibero-America ( CEAPI ), chaired by CEAPI President Núria Vilanova . The meeting, held in Madrid , brought together members and guests of the association.

 

The Japanese ambassador noted that "both Japan and Spain are mature markets with no prospects for quantitative expansion ." In this context, "relations with the Indo-Pacific , a global growth center, and the Latin American countries, which possess and produce significant mineral and food resources and are also key points in maritime traffic, are of strategic importance."

 

Nakamae emphasized that "the world today is at a turning point in history." It is precisely at times like these that "it is worthwhile for Japanese, Spanish, and Latin American companies to work together in the global market as trusted trading partners."

 

The CEAPI Congress is emerging as a key platform to explore opportunities for collaboration between Japanese, Spanish and Ibero-American companies in a constantly changing global environment.

 

Latin America and Japan: A promising future

 

For her part, Núria Vilanova agreed on the importance of collaboration between the two regions. "Japan and the Ibero-American countries are destined to intensify their relationship," she stated. " Latin America and Spain can be great allies at the geopolitical level, as well as important suppliers of energy and raw materials. Strengthening ties between these regions benefits us by expanding our markets worldwide."

 

VII Ibero-American Congress CEAPI: A meeting point for growth

Vilanova took the opportunity to invite attendees to the VII Ibero-American CEAPI Congress for Presidents of Companies and Business Families, which will be held from June 17 to 19, 2024 in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.

 

The event, which takes place under the title "Believe, Grow, Create. Ibero-America facing the challenge of growth and productivity", will bring together 500 presidents of the main multi-Ibero-American companies with investments on both sides of the Atlantic.

 

New actors on stage

 

According to Vilanova, "one of the topics we are going to bring to Colombia is the discourse of the new 'players' in Latin America, which are the Japanese families, for example, who are beginning to be important investors in Latin America, as well as India, Korea or the Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman ."