Overview

• Chief of Cabinet Guillermo Francos chaired a new session at the Casa Rosada with governors, unions, business leaders and lawmakers, including Federico Sturzenegger, Alfredo Cornejo, Carolina Losada, Cristian Ritondo, Gerardo Martínez and Martín Rappallini.
• The council moved forward on long-planned labor changes and, for the first time in this series, held substantive talks on a tax reform aimed at simplifying the system and reducing distortionary levies.
• Participants agreed to keep negotiating sector proposals with the goal of delivering a consensus document by December 11 for submission when the newly elected Congress takes office.
• Expanded invitees included Treasury Secretary Carlos Guberman, Labor Secretary Julio Cordero, legislators Luciano Laspina, Lisandro Nieri and Martín Kerchner, and UIA economists Diego Coatz and Carlos Abeledo.
• In parallel, Javier Milei reestablished contact with Mauricio Macri as the government seeks PRO and provincial backing after recent congressional defeats, while officials have linked a reported U.S. Treasury support package of about US$20 billion to demonstrable improvements in governability.