Overview
- Economy Minister Luis Caputo is scheduled to speak at 9 a.m. at the UIA’s 31st Industrial Conference at the Buenos Aires Convention Center before more than 1,000 business leaders.
- Organizers say the program spans seven panels covering macro stability, systemic competitiveness, labor modernization, artificial intelligence, the global industrial agenda, federalism and the sector’s role in progress.
- UIA leaders frame the priority as cutting the 'costo argentino' through better infrastructure, logistics, financing, tax design and labor legislation to enable integration into global value chains.
- Business groups note that the government’s 2024 industrial investment incentive bill remains stalled in Congress and point to earlier resignations of two industry secretaries over a lack of funds for active policy tools.
- The government has publicly rejected claims that labor reform would impose a 12‑hour workday, while the sector contends with a recent output decline and pressures from weak consumption, import openness and higher interest rates.