Mauricio Bártoli
09/18/2021 5:40 AM
Clarín.com
Rural
Updated 9/18/2021 5:40 AM
Cristina and Alberto Fernández share the surname, but not the way to face the economic crisis in Argentina, even if they end up negotiating not to lose everything.
The bottom line in the uproarious fight between the president and the vice president of the Nation is for money, and in this context
the agribusiness plays a key role, both as a food producer and as the contributor of dollars
that has maintained
the economy.
economy with "artificial respirator".
Yes, it is worth noting it: without the
extra US $ 10,000 million
that entered through withholdings on grains in relation to what had been budgeted, and the record of foreign exchange liquidation that made imports and consumption flow, in addition to "containing" the rate change, we would be much worse.
The Minister of Economy, Martín Guzmán, used that "blessing" so that the fiscal deficit was lower and the shelves creaked without extreme noises.
It is highlighted by the most recognized economists.
Marina Dal Poggeto
said days ago that the field sustained the economy this difficult year.
And he pointed out that, due to the
exchange gap
,
there has been a cross subsidy
from those who export to those who import and the consumption chain.
Federico Furiasse
opined
similarly
, in Lanata sin Filter, on Radio Miter: "The Argentine economy is a dependent flow:
we depend on the countryside to put in the dollars
.
"
These specialized views show that
the role of the field is increasingly crucial for Argentina, with the strengths and risks that this implies
.
In this sense, the budget project presented by Guzmán in Congress asks that the Executive continue to set the withholdings ...
The problem that
no longer reaches them with the enormous contribution of the field
.
And even in the midst of phrases to the contrary, they
know that if they put more obstacles and exactions in the countryside, they could reduce the oxygen in the economy
.
That is why the discussion about the direction of the ruling party broke out.
Beyond the outbursts,
the vice president focuses on the fact that more money must be distributed
, although when she told Guzmán that she did not ask for his resignation, she acknowledged that the minister had a reasonable and consensual conduct, as he confronted the top leaders of the Frente de Todos in the act that triggered the wave of resignations.
In short, it could also be said that the conflict is over La Plata, in a metaphor for the line that the vice president marked in a ceremony last December in that city.
There he said that prices had to be regulated, especially food, and that criterion marked the direction of the Government, as we have reflected throughout this 2020 in these pages.
Now, with the result of the PASO, which showed that all the interventions in the economy were not enough, the debate in the Frente de Todos is whether or not to deepen money transfers.
From agribusiness there were two clear signs
this week.
First, the Buenos Aires Cereal Exchange pointed out that “with other“ rules of the game ”, agricultural production could grow more than 38% in the next decade.
With incentives, it could go from 130 to 180 million tons in the 2029/30 season
.
And this Friday, the Argentine Agroindustrial Council (CAA) and the Liaison Table
closed ranks to ask the Government to focus on creating jobs and increasing exports, without interventions
that complicate production.
It will be necessary to see where the political shots come from.
The opportunities are still alive
but the movements of the ruling party continue to play to put everything in check.
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