The governor of Mendoza, Alfredo Cornejo, inaugurated the seventh edition of the Mendoza Investment & Business Forum and assured that the province is coming to Argentina's new economic scenario “with experience and predictability”.
The event takes place at the Hilton Hotel in Mendoza and brings together businessmen, investors and public officials. The Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, also participated in the opening, together with the president of the Mendocino Business Council,
Martín Clement.The forum was established as one of the country's main spaces for public-private coordination to promote investment and productive development.
The 2026 edition is held under the slogan “A New Time to Trust and Grow” and has around 1,500 participants, including representatives of the private sector, provincial authorities and national leaders.
Mendoza is committed to investment and fiscal balance
During his speech, Cornejo argued that economic growth depends on placing investment back at the center of the
public agenda.The president explained that Mendoza has been building for years a model based on fiscal order, institutional stability and encouragement to the private sector.
As he explained, the province managed to maintain fiscal balance and move forward with a gradual process of reducing taxes to alleviate the burden on companies, SMEs and producers.
Between 2016 and 2025, Mendoza reduced the effective burden of Gross Revenue by 16%, with significant reductions in sectors such as agriculture, industry, transport and services.
In addition, the provincial government made progress in measures to promote productive credit, such as the exemption from Stamp Tax for investment loans.
The governor assured that these decisions generated tax relief close to $1 billion for taxpayers.
Support for the economic direction promoted by Milei
Cornejo highlighted that many of the reforms being promoted today by the national government had already been implemented in Mendoza for
several years.In this regard, he argued that Argentina is going through a change of era after years of uncontrolled inflation, fiscal disorder and obstacles to investment, and stressed that the province accompanies the process of economic opening promoted by President Javier Milei.
As he explained, the country needs less bureaucracy, less tax pressure and clear rules for those who invest and generate employment.
The governor also noted that the fiscal order allowed for an increase in provincial public investment, which currently exceeds 10% of the budget and could reach 14.5% in 2026, the highest level in 25 years.
Modernization of the State and reduction of public spending
,Cornejo also highlighted the process of modernization of the
provincial State.Among the measures adopted, he mentioned:
reduction of 7% in the state plant
evaluation of performance in the public sector
digitalization of administrative procedures
