An Argentine delegation – Led by the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo – He will travel to the United States to close the details of the US Treasury aid. The confirmation of the meeting comes after the secretary’s sayings Scott Besentwho ratified his support for the Argentine Economic Program, although he explained that the negotiations revolve around a Swap of coins.
Early Thursday, the US official said he had “a very positive call with Minister Luis Caputo.” And he said that he hoped “Ansias” the arrival of the Argentine team to Washington to advance the discussions about “the options to provide financial support.”
The confirmation of Caputo’s trip – which adds to the invitation extended by Donald Trump’s government to President Javier Milei – leaves open The possibility of financial aid arrives before October 27first Monday legislative elections.
Next to Caputo they will travel; The president of the BCRA, Santiago Bausili; The Vice Minister José Luis Daza and the Secretary of Finance, Pablo Quirno.
The conclave between the economic teams of Caputo and Besent
He President Javier Mileilast night in radio statements, He remembered the aid that will provide the United States: “The SWAP, which allows us to have a liquidity line. Another part that has to do with the possibility of repurchase titles in the secondary market and share the gain. Which would imply that the treasure would have a capital gain to do that operation and we could also lower the debt. With which, that would be a very important element and, in addition, it is even the possibility that they buy debt in the primary market. That is, in the original placement”-
Early this morning too – after his message in X – Besent made clarifications about negotiations with the Argentine team: “We are going to give them a swap line, we are not going to put money in Argentina”.
Along these lines, the Trump official flatly rejected the questions that accuse the White House of benefiting US investors in Argentina. “What we are doing is maintaining the strategic interests of the United States in the western hemisphere“He said.
Immediately, Milei and Trump The faces will be seen again on October 14when the Argentine president becomes the first Latin American president to visit the US government headquarters during the second mandate of the Republican.
In this context, in Official circles are considered to hardly presidents They want to maintain the meeting planned with a exchange crisis in Argentina in the background, where they speculate that the treasure could make an ad before that date, something that will seem to be outlined at the next meeting.
Is that the new post of Besent – and the round of meetings – is a test To see if it achieves the effect of the marketsalthough some operators say that the phrase that is heard most today is “show me the money” (show me the money), which points to the need to see the aid officially confirmed by the United States. “The Argentine government is not collaborating with everything we need to help them,” they point out in Washington and questions the governance capacity of the libertarian leader.
It is that, in addition to geopolitical analysis, it helps Argentina also arouses harsh criticism in the internal policy of the United States by the American soybean producers complained about assistance to a competitor. It should be noted that much of the producers They are located in the so -called “swing states”, that is, those states without a clear party inclination and usually Fluctuate between Democrats and Republicans, which defines the elections.
Source: Ambito
