{"id":24002,"date":"2024-05-10T12:53:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T15:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fund.ar\/publicacion\/the-rigi-an-anti-argentina-project-5-keys-to-understand-why\/"},"modified":"2024-12-12T14:01:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T17:01:06","slug":"the-rigi-an-anti-argentina-project-5-keys-to-understand-why","status":"publish","type":"publicacion","link":"https:\/\/fund.ar\/en\/publicacion\/the-rigi-an-anti-argentina-project-5-keys-to-understand-why\/","title":{"rendered":"The RIGI, an anti-Argentina project: 5 keys to understand why"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24002\" class=\"elementor elementor-24002 elementor-16363\" data-elementor-post-type=\"publicacion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e1d1eff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e1d1eff\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17db350\" data-id=\"17db350\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d4ccdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d4ccdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The chapter of the Ley Bases seeks to enshrine once and for all a pattern of productive specialisation of Argentina as a mere exporter of <em>commodities<\/em>, with multinationals dominating the cream of the business and without any articulation with the national productive framework or the innovation system.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-84bd494 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"84bd494\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-54e6b70\" data-id=\"54e6b70\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-930e82b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"930e82b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nanni.dg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Micaela Nanni<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d51bb8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d51bb8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4301aed\" data-id=\"4301aed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6c1c90 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a6c1c90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-64bff9d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"64bff9d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb97fc0\" data-id=\"bb97fc0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c94cadd elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c94cadd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9006b65 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9006b65\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f288f9c\" data-id=\"f288f9c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef43af1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ef43af1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The RIGI, an anti-Argentina project<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4822cf9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4822cf9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d980f2\" data-id=\"2d980f2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55ceb66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"55ceb66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2fa2755 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2fa2755\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c0f6b4\" data-id=\"1c0f6b4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a2997b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a2997b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The heart of the Ley Bases being discussed today in the Senate is not the income tax, the modest (and asymptomatic) labour reform or the laundering of taxpayers&#8217; money. Not even the powers delegated to the president.<\/p><p>The core of the government&#8217;s proposal is the Large Investment Incentive Regime (RIGI), which consists of providing incentives, for a period of 30 years, through fiscal and customs policies, for an investment boom in mining, oil and gas. And probably also in agricultural investments.<\/p><p>The project seeks to enshrine once and for all a pattern of productive specialisation of Argentina as a mere exporter of <i>commodities<\/i>, with multinationals dominating the cream of the business and without any articulation with the national productive framework or the innovation system. A pure and simple enclave economy.<\/p><p>At Fundar we agree that the country needs foreign direct investment. Foreign capital is one of the motors of a national development strategy such as the one we are thinking of. But it cannot be done in any old way.<\/p><p>The RIGI scuppers any opportunity to leverage our natural resources to capture rents in a reasonable way and to articulate with existing and potential productive sectors that will emerge as a result of the investment. It also completely dismisses the benefits of virtuous socio-environmental governance, one of which is precisely to make investments more sustainable.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-11a3f00 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"11a3f00\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51ddbf7\" data-id=\"51ddbf7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0099837 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0099837\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d3621f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d3621f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7797391\" data-id=\"7797391\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74cf170 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74cf170\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5 keys to understand why<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d6bbde2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d6bbde2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dbcf277\" data-id=\"dbcf277\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7226f38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7226f38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Estas son nuestras razones de por qu\u00e9 el RIGI es un proyecto anti-Argentina y debe ser vetado o modificado en el Senado de la Naci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70f0076 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70f0076\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c207262\" data-id=\"c207262\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97f67a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"97f67a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><i>1) Announcements today, hunge tomorrow<\/i><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e769623 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e769623\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fde2264\" data-id=\"fde2264\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04a0882 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04a0882\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The project adopts a short-term perspective to promote the attraction of large investments, especially for the amounts involved in extractive sectors such as mining, oil and gas.<\/p><ul><li>It offers a two-year window of opportunity, extendable at the discretion of the national executive branch for another two years, for large investment projects (greater than 200 million dollars) to join the regime.<\/li><li>It grants tax, customs and exchange benefits with the sole requirement that up to 40 per cent of the project&#8217;s amount be executed within two years of the approval of the regime&#8217;s adherence.<\/li><li>And it binds the Argentine state hand and foot for 30 years to capture extraordinary profits and make productive development policy.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>A combination of privileges for capital and restrictions on the collective good that no serious country in the world does (at least none in the region, although there are examples in Africa).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ed314e3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ed314e3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e9b9c6\" data-id=\"7e9b9c6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5f94d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d5f94d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d08e9aa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d08e9aa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56c28b0\" data-id=\"56c28b0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36cba9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36cba9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><i>2) Even companies don't ask for that much<\/i><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6641b45 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6641b45\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f11b774\" data-id=\"f11b774\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a2eb99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a2eb99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Did the multinational companies pass their <em>wishlist<\/em> to the national government, which then transcribed it into the RIGI bill? If we look at the tax, customs and exchange benefits given to these large investments, we are tempted to say yes.<\/p>\n<p>From most to least important, these are: reduction of the profit rate from 35% to 25% and accelerated depreciation, zero withholding taxes on all exports arising from the investments, zero tariffs on imports of machinery (new and used) and capital goods, no domestic purchase requirements now or ever, foreign exchange settlement requirements in the Single Free Exchange Market (MULC) of only 80% in the first year, 60% in the second year and zero (yes, zero) in the third year of the investment.<\/p>\n<p>It is the most generous regime in the country&#8217;s history. With an absolute novelty: without any conditions in return. Not today, not ever. Because thirty years of stability prohibit any change at the national, provincial and municipal levels. The Roca-Runciman pact would blush. Strictly speaking, in that 1933 pact, also signed in May, the UK &#8220;allowed&#8221; a 15% share of the total meat trade to be done by Argentine meat packing plants. Not even in RIGI.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7dda5e7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7dda5e7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a956f6\" data-id=\"2a956f6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb522fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"fb522fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-337d863 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"337d863\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c6e5dc5\" data-id=\"c6e5dc5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a65bb53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a65bb53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><i>3) Destruction of domestic industry and associated employment<\/i><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c511947 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c511947\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2664c9\" data-id=\"b2664c9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8431939 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8431939\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Under RIGI, a multinational mining company could import not only all the equipment needed for mining &#8211; the complex machinery, backhoes, tractors, trucks &#8211; but also the chemical toilets and workers&#8217; clothing.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s more, depending on how the regulations end up, the workers could be entirely foreign (something that is not entirely uncommon in the mining business, but would now be enshrined in the spirit of the law), without the need to hire any local people. This law gives carte blanche and irreversibly tilts the playing field: everything for the companies, nothing for the communities (not even the catering service).<\/p>\n<p>At the national level, this makes it impossible <em>tout court<\/em> for productive policy opportunities to be leveraged in sectors with high demand for inputs and services, which are those that tend to be used throughout the world to promote local linkages. The mecca of the free market, the United States, with the approval in Congress of Republicans and Democrats, established industrial policy conditionalities through the Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIP Act, for the simple reason that it is the smartest decision that can be taken as a state in a context of growing global tensions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-94aa519 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"94aa519\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b96ce71\" data-id=\"b96ce71\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-157b3ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"157b3ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59d8ca5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59d8ca5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f4b65a\" data-id=\"0f4b65a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e72e7df elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e72e7df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><i>4) Social and political unsustainability makes it essentially unstable<\/i><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c1072e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c1072e4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1bd4646\" data-id=\"1bd4646\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7658237 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7658237\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The fact of having such a ridiculously generous incentive regime for so long (back: 30 years), based purely and exclusively on the exploitation of natural resources &#8211; which employ relatively few people and spill nothing &#8211; makes it very unstable over time.<\/p>\n<p>It is a regime that, if approved, is born wounded in terms of social and political legitimacy. Therefore, rather than providing incentives for investments to come, the RIGI promotes incentives for both the street and politics to respond to such a mortgage on the country&#8217;s future. There will be conflict sooner rather than later: it is unavoidable by the very design of the regime as it stands.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, RIGI is unsustainable: it undermines the stability of the businesses it promotes. It is not credible that it will last over time, not for 30 years, not for 15 years, and perhaps not even for the current period of government. Which brings us to the last point.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e453d1d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e453d1d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e5d2da3\" data-id=\"e5d2da3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddeb524 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ddeb524\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c7e1a90 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c7e1a90\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-09b0717\" data-id=\"09b0717\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-172df26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"172df26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><i>5) The enshrinement of legal uncertainty<\/i><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-90ee286 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"90ee286\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dfd6deb\" data-id=\"dfd6deb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ddb243 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ddb243\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are the country with the highest number of mining projects stopped due to environmental conflicts in the entire region, where community activism is the norm, and where politics has been made &#8220;in the streets&#8221; for 200 years. Like it or not, that&#8217;s who we are. That is why it is ridiculous to think that this regime is going to get through 30 years of Argentine politics unscathed. Thirty years of instability, conflict and the &#8220;breath in the back of the neck&#8221; of civil society.<\/p>\n<p>Politics, which is reactive and accompanies society from behind, will not stand on the sidelines when the winds change. Nor will the judiciary. This is not speculation, it is merely information on what has happened in our country and in the region. Just look at the mining project in Panama, one of the largest copper projects on the continent in recent decades, which after years of conflict with the community and then with public opinion was declared unconstitutional by the country&#8217;s Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>This type of project, which is approved under RIGI, will end up in the Supreme Court of Justice, due to the conflicts it imposes between the limitations on the provinces &#8220;originating from the resources&#8221; and the Nation, or will end up in the ICSID, an international tribunal in which Argentina has faced dozens of disputes in recent decades.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e8bcbb3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e8bcbb3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-54ce8a7\" data-id=\"54ce8a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b48616 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5b48616\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-543c750 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"543c750\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ec6159\" data-id=\"0ec6159\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a513168 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a513168\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A proposal<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f26ddfa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f26ddfa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53adc84\" data-id=\"53adc84\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f86518 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2f86518\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0e67157 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0e67157\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-630f8e9\" data-id=\"630f8e9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87d4a6d elementor-widget-tablet_extra__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87d4a6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fundar has proposed and defended large investment promotion schemes. I point to just one: a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) law that would have YPF and Malaysia&#8217;s Petronas as the main, but not exclusive, beneficiaries.<\/p><p>There are many reasons to move forward with such a scheme: there is a nationally owned company, with strong state participation, leading the project to learn from a key partner a business it does not know and could not learn by its own means in a reasonable time. <span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">The state appropriates in a substantial way the income generated by the exploitation of a strategic resource that has a limited window of opportunity in time<\/span>.<\/p><p>The RIGI under discussion in the Senate contains none of these future prospects. The RIGI is pure surrender of natural resources, especially non-renewable ones, to foreign capital. It is a project born of economic urgency and does not consider the national interest.<\/p><p>Rejecting it <em>in limine <\/em>or modifying it severely &#8211; in order to limit tax and customs benefits, exemption periods and impose conditions for productive articulation with national industry &#8211; are the only two reasonable options. This issue is too big and too important for an express closed-book treatment.<\/p><p>Let us hope that the reviewing House is up to the task. There is still time to avoid having to repent for 30 years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c98fb84 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c98fb84\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1317aba\" data-id=\"1317aba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57351dc elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"57351dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-42efefa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42efefa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e8188d\" data-id=\"7e8188d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85b6aa4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85b6aa4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cenital.com\/el-rigi-un-proyecto-anti-argentina-5-claves-para-entender-por-que\/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=fundar_el_rigi_un_proyecto_anti_argentina_5_claves_para_entender_por_que&amp;utm_term=2024-05-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This column was originally published in Cenital on 10 May 2024 (in Spanish).\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3906eef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3906eef\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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