Name of country: Argentine Republic, República Argentina

Establishment of diplomatic relations:

• 30 December 1951 (Federal Republic of Germany)

System of government: Presidential democracy with a bicameral national congress, consisting of a 72-seat senate and a 257-seat chamber of deputies.

Official relations between Germany and Argentina have existed since 1857, when the Treaty of Friendship, Trade and Shipping was signed between the German Customs Union and the Argentine Confederation.

Immigration from Germany over the past 200 years has laid the foundation for strong cultural ties between Germany and Argentina, which continue to this day and underpin the two countries’ close political and economic relations.

In Latin America, Argentina is Germany’s fourth most important trading partner after Mexico, Brazil and Chile. Germany mainly imports raw materials and food from Argentina and is the biggest buyer of Argentine beef in the EU. When it comes to German exports to Argentina, these are mainly industrial products, in particular machinery and car parts. The German-Argentine Chamber of Industry and Commerce works with more than 190 German businesses operating in Argentina. Argentina and Germany strongly support the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement, which has been provisionally applied since 1 May 2026.

The branches of the Goethe-Institute in Buenos Aires and Córdoba, as well as two branches of the Goethe-Zentrum and eight other cultural societies, are helping to shape German cultural relations policy on the ground. As part of its Schools: Partners for the Future initiative (PASCH), Germany supports a total of 30 schools in the country, at which the teaching of German as a foreign language enjoys particular prominence. In turn, the four German schools abroad in Greater Buenos Aires are among the most highly regarded private schools in the country.

Germany also enjoys an excellent reputation in Argentina as a partner in academia and science. Cooperation in science and technology has a long tradition dating back many years, based on a framework agreement of 31 March 1969. Beacon projects include the German-Argentine Centre for Higher Education, the Max Planck Partner Institute for Biomedical Research and the Argentine-German Geodetic Observatory.