President Luis Lacalle Pou highlighted his government’s actions to combat price gap with Argentina and at the same time recognized the role of his peer Javier Milei, by highlighting that the exchange difference It was reduced after his inauguration in the neighboring country.
It is not the first time that Lacalle Pou sends a wink to Milei, with whom he hopes to hold a meeting in the short term to strengthen the bilateral relationship. In this case, he valued the policies applied by the libertarian to correct economic imbalances in Argentine territory.
“If it will change anything that a change of government on the other side of the Uruguay River immediately meant a rebound in the economy of the coastal shops”, graphed on the momentum in the sales that occurred in the country in recent months.
On the other hand, the president acknowledged that last year there were “fair complaints about a situation created on the other side of the river but that generated dramatic consequences on this side” and listed the actions of his administration to combat those effects.
“It is very difficult to deal with this imbalance in the exchange rate. He shook hands with BROU and with the fuels. Mechanisms were sought to alleviate the situation, which unfortunately were not enough,” he admitted.
Tax reduction for SMEs
On the other hand, Lacalle Pou assured that his government made progress in a tax reduction for different sectors. “A couple of years ago, for the first time in many years, not only did his taxes not only individuals and some retirees, but also companies, SMEs”, the president stuck out his chest.
Regarding small and medium-sized businesses, the head of state maintained that they are “the economic heart” of the localities, alluding to the malls, after which he highlighted that the money savings associated with taxes “does not go to foreign investments, but to the neighborhood.”
At the same time, he highlighted the support during the pandemicwhich later led to a growth of the formality. “The MSMEs leaned on the State’s side, because they saw a possibility of overcoming the crisis,” Lacalle Pou said.
Source: Ambito
