During a presentation in New York yesterday evening, the minister said that the United States became Hungaryʼs most important trade partner outside of the European Union for the first time last year.
Szijjártó also said Hungary has been subject to criticism from the United States on a number of occasions and, while it is prepared to discuss concrete issues, it cannot begin to address generalities, MTI reported.
“American political criticism is put in doubt by the fact that 1,600 U.S. companies have invested $9 billion in Hungary and provide work for some 100,000 Hungarian people,” he said, adding that approximately 40 U.S.-based multinationals currently operate in Hungary, according to MTI. If Hungary was such a bad place, as its critics allege, it wouldnʼt attract U.S. capital, Szijjártó stressed, according to MTI.
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