While the commercial war unleashed by the Donald Trump tariffs To everyone, the commercial representative of USA, Jamieson Gererhe said that there is a list of countries that are already negotiating to reverse their commercial policies and to reduce the Rates imposed by the Republican President, among them, mentioned Argentina.
The American official stressed that the attitude of these countries -he also appointed Vietnam, India and Israel- It reflects interest in avoiding an escalation of commercial tension worldwide. In it Senate Finance Committee He assured that “Almost 50 countries” They communicated with their office to negotiate more balanced conditions. Argentina is within that group that already Find options to avoid direct confrontation.
Anyway, the White House spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, reiterated at a press conference that Trump does not consider delaying the entry into force of the encumbrances and said that they will apply while the negotiations advance.
Donald Trump’s tariffs to everyone
On April 2, Trump presented his plans to impose reciprocal tariffs on countries around the world. The new levies vary from a “base” tariff of 10% to additional rights for the nations that the administration considers the “worst offenders.” In total, Trump announced tariffs that will affect about 185 countries, including the main commercial partners of USA.
As added Greer, The measure seeks to correct a situation of structural inequality in international trade. In that sense, he explained that it aims to reduce the deficit and relocate production in the US territory to recover jobs.
In turn, he held the previous administrations responsible for having allowed powers such as China They will gain ground at the international level, even within the World Trade Organization.
Argentina seeks to minimize the impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs
Last Thursday, hours after the announcement of import tariffs, the president Javier Milei traveled to the United States and, during a speech in Mar-a-lago, announced that “Argentina will advance in readjocate the regulations so that it complies with the Requirements of the proposals of reciprocal tariffs prepared by the president Donald Trump”
The president also advanced: “Within the framework of the Typh (Framework and Investment Agreement), we will advance in the harmonization of the tariffs of a basket of about 50 products so that they flow more freely between our two nations.
In addition, the chancellor Gerardo Werthein He met that same day with the secretary of United States trade, Howard Lutnickand with the United States Trade Representative (USTR), ambassador Jamieson Gerer. “Highly productive work, great mutual understanding and optimism for the future between our nations ”, published the Minister of Foreign Affairs on social networks. In principle, these conversations They would have allowed release tariffs about 50 products45% would be unchanged and the rest are subject to negotiations.
Source: Ambito
