Overview

• UIA formally presented the platform at the 17° Coloquio Industrial in Córdoba, an event that drew more than 800 business and academic participants.
• Around 80 member entities and regional unions endorsed the plan, with provincial associations such as Salta’s UIS signing on to the federal agenda.
• The agenda seeks credit lines for firms—especially SMEs—elimination of export duties, broader export rebates, employer-contribution relief, and tougher enforcement against smuggling and informality.
• Chief of Cabinet Guillermo Francos represented the national government at the event, and organizers said President Javier Milei’s attendance had not been confirmed.
• Separately, more than 30 industrial unions grouped in CSIRA scheduled a press conference at SMATA to present their own 10-point critique of current policy and warn about job and plant losses documented by CEPA.