Overview
- The joint communiqué outlines Argentine preferential access for a wide range of U.S. goods—medicines, chemicals, machinery, tech inputs, medical devices, vehicles and farm products—while Washington pledges MFN treatment for selected items and to finalize market access terms for Argentine beef.
- U.S. trade official Jamieson Greer defended the package as mutual concessions and said it is part of a coordinated set of agreements also unveiled with Ecuador, Guatemala and El Salvador.
- The framework includes stricter intellectual property enforcement commitments in Argentina, with actions targeting notorious counterfeit markets such as La Salada and Once and expanded online oversight plus steps to reduce patent backlogs.
- President Javier Milei hailed the accord as a catalyst for investment and growth, while Buenos Aires provincial officials denounced it as highly asymmetric—invoking the 1933 Roca–Runciman pact—and a provincial legislator formally asked to see the full text.
- Sectoral readings highlight potential gains in beef and possible relief for steel and aluminum through U.S. national‑security tariff considerations, as industry watches for detailed product lists and auto import terms and the rural sector signals cautious optimism.