The trade agreements Argentina signed with the United States and the European Union — the latter as part of Mercosur — in 2026 are starting to deliver what they promised: a rise in exports to those markets.

In the U.S. case, Argentina and Washington signed the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade and Investment (ARTI) on February 5, 2026.

Unlike the deal with the European Union, ARTI is not a free trade agreement. It does, however, remove reciprocal tariffs on 1,675 Argentine products, mostly from agro-industrial and manufacturing sectors.

“While that agreement has not formally entered into force, it also included an increase in the U.S. import quota for Argentine beef,”........

© Buenos Aires Herald