Government signs strategic partnership with AmCham

The Hungarian government and the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) on Thursday signed a strategic partnership agreement that aims to foster a closer cooperation and give lawmakers an ear to private sector proposals.

The agreement was signed by Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics and AmCham chairman István Havas.

AmCham's proposals to the government will serve to improve the competitiveness of the country, Havas said.

Navracsics said it was in the common interest of the signers that Hungary should regain its competitiveness. To achieve this aim, the government has taken several difficult and painful steps in the past nine months, and these will be followed by more in the near future, he added.

AmCham is the biggest business chamber in Hungary with more than 450 members from 20 countries.