Alberto Fernández received the Liaison Board amid growing discomfort over the eventual increase in withholdings

02/10/2021 4:55 PM

• Clarín.com

• Rural

Updated 02/10/2021 4:55 PM

President Alberto Fernández met this Wednesday in his office in the Casa Rosada with

representatives of the Liaison Table of Agricultural Entities.

The president was accompanied by the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Luis Basterra;

Foreign Minister Felipe Solá;

the Secretary for Strategic Affairs, Gustavo Béliz, and the Deputy Chief of Staff, Cecilia Todesca.

On behalf of the organization, the presidents of the Argentine Rural Society,

Daniel Pelegrina

;

of Argentine Rural Confederations, Jorge Chemes;

from Coninagro,

Carlos Iannizzotto

, and from the Argentine Agrarian Federation,

Carlos Achetoni

.

Alberto Fernández met with the representatives of the Liaison Table.

Photo Rolando Andrade Stracuzzi.

The meeting had been scheduled by the President after the entities of the field asked him to debate proposals on how to stimulate production and reduce costs that affect its price in the gondola, and personally express

his rejection of a possible increase in withholdings

or the application of quotas. to the export of primary products.

The reaction of the sector came after the President raised the possibility of applying such measures to avoid a transfer to the consumer of the increase in the international price of products such as meat, corn and wheat, thus "guaranteeing Argentines that have the food they need at reasonable prices. "

In that sense, Fernández said this week that he is not "against the field" but focused on a salary recovery "in real terms" after a loss that, in the last four years, "was 20 percent," as he expressed. during a report granted days ago.

Alberto Fernández received the Liaison Table at La Rosada.

Photo Rolando Andrade Stracuzzi.

"What producers have to understand is that

pastures are not dollarized.

Corn production is not dollarized. They cannot transfer international prices to the Argentine table because they do not produce at international prices," said the President during a report. .

The president's call to the ruralistas also occurs at a time when the national government began on Wednesday an instance of dialogue with business and union sectors in an attempt to reach agreements that have as a premise to achieve a real improvement in wages over prices.

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