综述丨专家批评阿美贸易协议让阿根廷处于“完全劣势”

Core Viewpoint - The recent trade agreement between Argentina and the United States has been criticized by experts for placing Argentina at a "complete disadvantage," suggesting that it will not improve the Argentine economy but rather impose additional burdens on it [1]. Group 1: Trade Agreement Details - Argentina will open its market to U.S. agricultural products, including live cattle and poultry, and simplify the registration process for U.S. beef and beef products [2]. - The agreement is seen as problematic because both Argentina and the U.S. are major agricultural exporters, and the U.S. has a higher level of industrialization in agriculture, which could negatively impact Argentina's agricultural development [2]. Group 2: Economic and Political Implications - Opening the market to the U.S. violates the unified external tariff regulations of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), potentially affecting Argentina's economic relations with neighboring countries [4]. - The agreement has been described as "unequal," with Argentina making concessions in various areas such as tariffs, non-tariff barriers, intellectual property, agricultural market access, and labor issues, while the U.S. has not made clear concessions, effectively giving U.S. companies preferential market access [4]. - The Argentine Interior Minister compared the trade agreement to the historical Roca-Runciman Agreement with the UK, which is viewed as having allowed the UK to exert control over the Argentine economy at a low cost [4].