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FINANCE MINISTER: ONGOING TALKS WITH US COMPANIES MAY RESULT IN 5,000 JOBS

 

Talks are underway with companies from the United States on twelve big investment projects in Hungary that could create about 5,000 jobs, Finance Minister Mihály Varga said on Facebook after a meeting with the US-Hungary Business Council (USHBC). Varga noted that some 1,700 US-owned companies employ around 106,000 people in Hungary. These companies have invested more than 11 billion euros in the country over the years, he added. He said investments by Hungarian companies in the US total 1.5 billion euros so far.