Overview
- Sturzenegger publicly accused the Cámara Argentina de la Construcción of "giving away money" to UOCRA over recent wage accords at a Tuesday export-sector event.
- He defended energy and mining firms as drivers of productivity and cited a claim that exports grew far faster than GDP between Q1 2023 and Q1 2026 to justify deregulation.
- Official INDEC data show construction activity fell 4.5% year-on-year in July, and CAMARCO’s president says the sector lost about 120,000 jobs over the past three years.
- After the failed Hidrovía decree and the pilots’ strike in August, Sturzenegger said governors via the Consejo Federal de Inversiones requested a new navigation deregulation project that the government will support.
- The minister’s remarks escalate friction with the construction industry and signal a continued government push for market-opening reforms that could heighten labor tensions and reshape transport and export logistics.