US EditionArgentina signs critical minerals deal with US, foreign ministry says
The agreement removes tariffs on 1,675 Argentine products and increases beef export quotas, aiming to reduce U.S. reliance on China for critical minerals, officials said.
- On Thursday, Argentina and the United States signed a trade and investment agreement in Washington, D.C., and Pablo Quirno, Argentina's Foreign Minister, said it includes critical-minerals provisions to secure U.S. access to Argentine lithium.
- Built on a November framework, the deal advances President Javier Milei's push to open Argentina's protectionist economy and reflects U.S. efforts to reduce reliance on China through reciprocal tariff adjustments.
- A planned $14 billion investment will fund El Pachón and MARA , while Argentina's mining exports reached $6 billion and lithium production hit 110,000 tonnes in 2025.
- Argentina will open its market to live cattle and give American producers preferential access to medicines and machinery, while the U.S. Trade Representative confirmed the deal though final details remain unreleased, and Democratic lawmakers voiced outrage over the $20 billion U.S. Treasury lifeline.
- The move follows U.S. steps like Project Vault and a glacier‑protection reform heading to Argentina's Senate on February 10, which could endanger Andean freshwater reserves.
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The rapprochement between Argentina and the U.S. is progressing by leaps and bounds under the administrations of Javier Milei and Donald Trump. Only one day after announcing a critical mineral pact, both governments signed a trade and investment agreement on Thursday that had been announced three months ago. Supported by the ideological affinity of the presidents—the same one that propitiated the Republican’s recent economic bailout to Milei—the…
Argentina signed a trade and mutual investment agreement with the United States, reported on Thursday the Foreign Minister of the South American country, Pablo Quirno, giving some details about its content, said the AFP. Read more
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