Argentina - widely recognized as a country endowed with significant natural resources - also has a highly skilled population and a well-established industrial and technological base. In a fast-moving global environment undergoing profound redefinition, these strengths are becoming even more valuable.
The global value chains that shaped the world trading system over recent decades have been called into question, as unexpected health crises and geopolitical tensions have structurally altered how they function.
In this context, Argentina is well positioned to play a decisive role, as it possesses key resources to address global challenges in both food and energy security - while, in that process, advancing the development of its society.
Building on its natural resource endowment and the human capabilities to transform those resources, Argentina can deepen and strengthen its integration into global value chains. In this effort, foreign direct investment (FDI) is essential. The objective is for FDI not to be limited to extracting natural resources, but to contribute to developing local productive capacities and value-adding linkages - generating sufficient quantity and quality of employment to ensure sustained growth.
Argentina has a vast territory, with 53% of its land suitable for cultivation, and is a leading exporter of a wide range of agricultural and food products to highly competitive markets such as the United States, Canada, Europe, China, and Japan. It also has highly significant mining and hydrocarbons areas, with remarkable growth prospects.
Argentina likewise has a solid industrial base, with developments in high-complexity and dynamic sectors, including steel tube manufacturing, agricultural machinery, medical equipment, biotechnology, the automotive industry, and knowledge-based services, among others.
In addition, Argentina offers highly qualified human capital, an extensive network of scientific research centers, and universities well positioned in international rankings, with more than 110,000 university graduates each year. It is also the leading country in Latin America in terms of English proficiency.
Argentina also benefits from extensive infrastructure that supports a nationwide, federal production network, with ports and multiple entry and exit points for goods across different regions of the country.
From the earliest days of the current administration, the Government launched a path aimed at creating favorable conditions to attract and facilitate investments that drive Argentina’s economic growth. This commitment was reflected early on in Decree 70 of December 2023, which sought to remove obstacles and restrictions to trade, reduce the burden of regulations, and establish conditions that help ensure business profitability.
President Milei’s economic program is grounded in a pro-market agenda that has stabilized the foreign exchange market, reduced inflation, strengthened legal certainty for investors, fostered a business-friendly environment for private initiative, and promoted transparent and predictable rules for companies that choose to invest in Argentina.
This direction was further reaffirmed and expanded - with special emphasis on encouraging investment in dynamic and strategic sectors that power the national economy - through the establishment of the "Incentive Regime for Large Investments" (RIGI), approved by Congress under Law No. 27,742 in July 2024 and regulated by Decree No. 749 in August 2024.
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