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RELATIONS WITH WASHINGTON

Alberto Fernández planning US trip to visit Trump, oil majors

04-11-2019 15:20 Spokespeople for the Frente de Todos leader confirm president-elect intends to visit the US after his assumption on December 10, for a trip that would include a meeting with Donald Trump and a stop in Houston, Texas.

signs from Washington

US tells Fernández it expects him to 'uphold commitments' in IMF deal

31-10-2019 09:56 US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin tells incoming government that Washington expects Argentina to uphold its commitments laid out in IMF loan package.

BLOOMBERG

US turns down Brazil’s OECD bid, despite having endorsed it

10-10-2019 12:27 US government decides not to endorse Brazil’s bid to join the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, marking a reversal after months of public support from top officials. However, Washington indicates it does support membership claims from Argentina and Romania.

BLOOMBERG

YPF should return to focusing on oil, says Sergio Massa

07-10-2019 14:36 State-controlled energy company YPF SA should go back to its core business of pumping oil and stop investing in other projects like scooters, according to Sergio Massa.

BLOOMBERG

Trump will give Bolsonaro Jr preferential access, says Brazil foreign minister

04-09-2019 08:51 Trump will give special treatment to Eduardo Bolsonaro if he is confirmed as ambassador to Washington, according to Brazil’s foreign minister.

ELECTION 2019

Fernández eyeing immediate meeting with Wall St bankers, US government if elected

26-08-2019 15:54 Presidential front-runner's economic team reveals Frente de Todos leader would quickly head to the United States to reassure markets, should he win election in October.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela, US have met 'secretly' for months, says Maduro

21-08-2019 12:56 Following those remarks, US National Security Adviser John Bolton said that Venezuelan officials who are reaching out to the United States are actually doing so without Maduro’s permission.

POMPEO VISIT TO BA

US deepens relationship with Argentina, announces two new security agreements

19-07-2019 15:56 "Our partnership is here to stay," declares US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, as he unveils new accords with Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie.

by Lucas Robinson

Racist tweets

Leave the US, Trump tells liberal congresswomen of colour

15-07-2019 15:11 His attack drew a searing condemnation from Democrats who labelled the remarks racist while Republicans remained largely silent.

US lawmaker

Ocasio-Cortez welcomes Trump's Evita comparison

08-07-2019 13:22 Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez responds to Trump's comparison to Evita citing some famous lines by Argentina's loved and despised former first lady.

IMF BAILOUT

IMF chief: 'We underestimated Argentina's complicated economic situation'

06-06-2019 09:42 Managing Director Christine Lagarde admits inflation is taking "longer than expected" to fall.

EX-ECONOMY MINISTER IN UNITED STATES

Professor Kicillof goes to Washington – and trains his fire on Macri adminstration

10-05-2019 21:00 Former economy minister appears at an event hosted by the Wilson Center's Argentina Project think-tank. And, as expected, he delivered a fierce critique of the Mauricio Macri administration's policies.

by Santiago del Carril

US PRESIDENT

Trump tweets words of praise for ‘friend’ Macri

18-05-2018 11:38 The Argentine president is keen to shore up international support for his government’s decision to turn to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a line of financing aimed at supporting the country’s weakened currency.

DUJOVNE IN WASHINGTON

Argentine economists weigh in on IMF deal

14-05-2018 02:00 Most agree that the root of Argentina’s current problem is the fiscal defecit and that the IMF will seek heavy austerity measures in return.

ECONOMIC QUESTIONS

A triumph for market orthodoxy

12-05-2018 09:24 The short-lived success of these strong measures does not rule out a negative impact over the long term. They risk a return to the stagflation which made 2016 such a difficult year - interest rates are plainly recessive while the inhability to halt inflation clearly spills over into prices.

by Michael Soltys

SECRETARY OF COMMERCE WILBUR ROSS

US expresses cautious optimism over Argentine biodiesel negotiations

02-02-2018 12:32 In October, the US slammed Argentine biodiesel imports with steep anti-dumping duties after a Secretary of Commerce investigation found Argentine fuel products were being sold at prices below market value in the United States.