
Argentine Foreign Minister Daiana Mondino traveled to Japan to boost a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the Asian country and the South American Common Market (Mercosur). She said that Argentina has “incredible energy resources” and can help Japan with energy transition and food security. Mondino insisted in Japan that “under President Javier Milei, Argentina’s commerce with Beijing will be limited to that undertaken by private companies.Mondino also defended Argentina’s decision under Milei not to join the BRICS and expressed her skepticism regarding the so-called “Global South.”
March 25, 2024
SOURCE: MERCOPRESS
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