Reconciled with the UIA, the Government promised an agreement with the IMF and was applauded by businessmen

After the tension in the Government-UIA relationship, the industrialists said that they “started again”, although there was a crossover on stage with an industrialist who complained about taxes.

Promise of agreement

Manzur was the guest of the UIA for the opening of the conference, and referred to the renegotiation with the IMF. “We have difficulties, an irresponsible debt, but we are not going to cry over spilled milk, we are going to solve it.”

“We are only asking for a single condition, and that is that they let us grow, I have no doubts that we are going to reach an agreement and that it be the best possible,” added Manzur. In addition, he spoke of establishing a clear course, with “five-year plans”, and asked for support: “We have to be together.” He was applauded by the businessmen seated in the room, including the small UIA table.

Then it was the turn of Cafiero’s speech, who in his new role as Chancellor spoke about the importance of increasing exports, assured that this year they will close at US $ 75 billion, and called to strengthen Mercosur. After the speech, Cafiero spoke with journalists about the negotiation with the IMF and confirmed that “the entire front wants an agreement”, and this was reflected in the “support” that he considered Cristina Kirchner made in her letter.

Along the same lines as Manzur, he assured that “the good agreement is the one that does not interrupt growth”, and took up the words of the vice president: “Argentina does not ask for a single dollar, we only want a program that allows us to grow, but maturities really a stocks for national development ”. On the other hand, he ruled out financing from Saudi Arabia or Russia: “Nothing was said about that.”

Asked about the deadlines, Cafiero said: “Talking about times is arbitrary, the important thing is that the countries understand Argentina’s position, the G20 left the IMF a clear message and what remains is the technical challenge.”

Reconciliation and crosses

The Government-UIA relationship improved after the break after the arrival of Daniel Funes de Rioja to the presidency of the entity, backed by Techint, Arcor and Ledesma, according to what several industrialists saw. The UIA once again held its annual conference, and had the guests it wanted from the Government: Manzur, Cafiero, the ambassador, Daniel Scioli, the president of the BCRA, Miguel Pesce, and on Thursday, the president, Alberto Fernández, and the Minister of Productive Development, Matías Kulfas. To the day of the industry there were no guests.

“If they invite us, we will come, because we need each other,” they said near Cafiero. In his speech on stage, Cafiero started with a joke, complaining about the lack of coffee, and from the audience the businessman Martin Cabrales made signs that they were going to take him. In the end, the Chancellor affirmed: “In foreign relations, the State has to do a job, but you are also part of strategic relations.” Luis Betnaza, de Techint, sitting next to him, replied: “You have this house.”

For his part, Manzur in his speech started by greeting “friends of so many years.” He stated that the challenge for the government will be to be a “facilitator of investment, because that is what generates work.” In dialogue with Ámbito, a historical industrialist affirmed: “We are in another stage of the relationship, the government began to leave us out of everything and there was a turnaround.”

However, during the first panel, there was a crossover. On stage, the textile entrepreneur Luis Tendlarz He complained about the taxes: “We need the activity to be fiscally alleviated, with an agile refund scheme, to avoid exporting taxes, there are more than 170 levies.” Following him Manzur spoke: “There are many fees, taxes, but in the context of the difficulties of the pandemic, this Government suspended them, it is missing, but we did it.”