The Japanese question
Rumor has it that in the 1980s a delegation from Japan visited the country. The economic team received them and presented the stabilisation plan for Argentina. The Japanese listened and asked: what next, what is Argentina going to sell to the world?
For 40 years this question has been in the air. We went out to ask the question and found many answers.
Episode 1
Vaca Muerta is alive and kicking
Hydrocarbons can be an answer in the short and medium term that allows us to gain time and foreign exchange to plan for the long term. There are many factors to take into account along the way, such as the acceleration of the energy transition and the role of the state. Are we in time?
Co-host: Ana Julia Aneise
Interviewees: Nicolás Arceo and Nicolás Gadano
Episode 2
Software to programme development
It is a sector of great dynamism for the country, but the stage of easy growth is long gone. To be an answer in the long term, we need changes that will allow us to make a leap. Are we capable of developing a country brand?
Co-host: Tomás Bril Mascarenhas
Interviewees: Carlos Pallotti and Hernán Kazah
Episode 3
Enzyme of the future
Biotechnology seems to have more than one clue to solve the Japanese question; but incentives for the sector need a twist to make local knowledge take off globally. We have researchers, so what are we missing?
Co-host: Juan O’Farrell
Interviewees: Graciela Ciccia and Hugo Menzella
Episode 4
An industry in the open
The countryside is a historical answer to the Japanese question, but that does not mean that it is an old answer. The international demand for new productive frameworks is there, but the orchestra has not yet been put together. What’s stopping us?
Co-host: Tomás Allan
Interviewees: Roberto Bisang and Agustín Lódola
Episode 5
Weaving stories
We are present in all the links of the textile and clothing industry. We export wool and cotton and Argentine design is traded worldwide, but that’s not all. Asia dominates a market where cheap labour is the main differential. Do we want to compete?
Co-host: Daniel Schteingart
Interviewees: Claudio Drescher and Matías Surt
