Tuesday’s United States Chamber of Commerce in Argentina (AmCham Argentina) summit in Buenos Aires gathered politicians and top business leaders.

In her opening speech, María Schoua, the head of Amcham Argentina, said that agriculture “accounts for more than half of Argentina’s exports,”  that the country has the potential to become an energy “global supplier,” and that mining “could triple exports.”

However, from what people attending the event told the Herald, other sectors are falling behind — and Argentina’s economy, under Javier Milei, has clear winners and losers.

A representative for a mining company, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, told the Herald that he thought Economy Minister Luis Caputo’s speech was “correct,” and “aligned with reality.”

The same person named 2024’s Large Investment Incentive Regime (RIGI, by its Spanish initials) and a recently passed reform easing the protection on glaciers are among the factors that could boost the economy and attract investors.

But not everybody was so........

© Buenos Aires Herald