{"id":50036865,"date":"2020-08-12T16:00:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T15:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.dialogochino.net\/?p=36865"},"modified":"2023-03-13T21:08:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T21:08:38","slug":"36865-argentina-ponders-bri-endorsement-amid-tricky-debt-restructuring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/business\/36865-argentina-ponders-bri-endorsement-amid-tricky-debt-restructuring\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina ponders BRI endorsement amid tricky debt restructuring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Argentina could become the biggest economy in Latin America to join the <a href=\"http:\/\/stage.dialogochino.net\/en\/infrastructure\/26121-belt-and-road-the-new-face-of-china-in-latin-america\/\">Belt and Road Initiative<\/a> (BRI), an action that would allow Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez\u2019s heavily indebted government to deepen trade and investment ties with China.<\/p>\n<p>Yet such a move is politically complicated. To solve its external debt Argentina must strike a balance in its relations with both China and the US, its largest creditor.<\/p>\n<p>The country has already sealed a deal with the majority of its foreign private creditors, which have agreed in principle to restructure bonds worth US$65 billion. But with an economy in recession and default, a thirst for investment and foreign exchange, and the need to overcome the economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, Chinese capital would greatly help struggling Argentina.<\/p>\n<h2>Forever changing politics<\/h2>\n<p>The BRI is Chinese state policy and seeks pragmatic cooperation with Argentina. Launched in 2013, the initiative first sought to revive the ancient Silk Road and maritime trade routes, but has since expanded its scope to improve political and economic cooperation with countries that formally endorse it.<\/p>\n<p>Yet in Argentina, political alignments are forever changing. Bilateral relations with China intensified during the government of <a href=\"http:\/\/stage.dialogochino.net\/en\/trade-investment\/31387-new-argentina-president-looks-set-to-deepen-china-ties\/\">Cristina Fern\u00e1ndez de Kirchner<\/a> (2007-2015), but when opponent Mauricio Macri rose to power (2015-2019) he questioned several flagship Chinese projects. That changed when Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez took office in December 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Fern\u00e1ndez intends to revitalise the relationship and reactivate the controversial Chinese-backed <a href=\"http:\/\/stage.dialogochino.net\/en\/climate-energy\/33727-new-argentina-government-reactivates-controversial-patagonia-dams\/\">dams<\/a> in Santa Cruz province, as well as nuclear <a href=\"http:\/\/stage.dialogochino.net\/en\/climate-energy\/27282-china-eyes-argentina-in-global-nuclear-roll-out\/\">power plants<\/a>. However, the government needs first to restructure its external debt with private bondholders, mostly US-based, and renegotiate its US$44 billion debt with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), where the United States has a hugely influential role.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>At the negotiating table, China tells Argentina to join the BRI in order to move forward with the projects the country wants<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>By joining the BRI, Argentina could unlock Chinese finance for vital investment in infrastructure and transport, fossil and renewable energy, mining, manufacturing, agriculture, innovation and information technology. This would enable the country to bridge infrastructure gaps and better integrate with countries such as Chile, which enjoys strong commercial corridors that connect it to foreign markets, thereby lowering logistics costs and enhancing competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p>Diego Mazzoccone, executive director of the Latin American Center for Chinese Political and Economic Studies, which has strong links with the government, said of the BRI that the debt renegotiation \u201cslows the membership down a little\u201d, since \u201cthe government needs a good political relationship with the US.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mazzoccone said this would likely be overcome however. \u201cFor China it&#8217;s important that Argentina is not in default, that it can successfully finish negotiating the foreign debt. No investor wants to invest in a country in default.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Argentina\u2019s foreign ministry acknowledges the global political aspect of joining BRI. A spokesperson told <em>Di\u00e1logo Chino<\/em> that there is the \u201c intention to study the subject and move forward [with the initiative] there is interest and predisposition\u201d whilst pointing out that all Argentina\u2019s trade agreements rely on a conclusion to the debt renegotiation.<\/p>\n<p>Argentine foreign minister, Felipe Sol\u00e1, recently told foreign correspondents: \u201cWe don&#8217;t believe that we should feel compelled to take sides [between the US and China]\u201d, adding that he did not know if the \u201cfight between two giants\u201d would continue after the US presidential elections in November. \u201cWe are active spectators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese embassy in Argentina did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<h2>Interest despite a fragile economy<\/h2>\n<p>For Argentina and China, the current \u201ccomprehensive strategic partnership\u201d between the two countries, a diplomatic status China reserves for few countries, is \u201cextensible to the relationship with the Belt and Road Initiative,\u201d according to a statement signed by Macri and China\u2019s president, Xi Jinping, after the 2018 G20 summit in Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n<p>The wording clearly stops short of a formal BRI agreement and followed warnings by US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, about the onerous conditions on Latin American countries joining up.<\/p>\n<div class='block--pullout-stat block--pullout-stat--float cd-shortcode--factbox'>\n                <p class='block--pullout-stat__title'>19<\/p>\n                <div class='block--pullout-stat__content'>\n                    <br \/>\nLatin American and Caribbean countries have signed BRI cooperation agreements<br \/>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<p>A total of 19 Latin American and Caribbean countries have already joined the BRI, with the notable exceptions of Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia, the region\u2019s biggest economies. However, Argentina is already a \u201cprospective member\u201d of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the financial pillar of the BRI. <a href=\"http:\/\/stage.dialogochino.net\/en\/infrastructure\/33575-can-latin-americas-first-aiib-member-learn-from-past-mistakes\/\">Ecuador became<\/a> the first Latin American member of the AIIB in early 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the state of the bilateral relationship, the fluid dialogue between both leaders and the AIIB membership, it is likely that the Fern\u00e1ndez administration will change its position on BRI,\u201d said Jorge Malena, director of the Executive Program on Contemporary China at the Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a series of political and economic signs that demonstrate the unbeatable state of the bilateral relationship. Therefore, joining up to the initiative could be a next step forward,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Since March, China has cooperated with Argentina in the fight against Covid-19 and in April it displaced Brazil as the country&#8217;s main trading partner. In November, Argentina is set to participate as a guest of honour at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ciie.org\/\">China International Import Expo<\/a> in Shanghai.<\/p>\n<p>In July, China also renewed one of its two currency swaps with Argentina, which together are worth US$18.5 billion, boosting reserves in the Argentine Central Bank to $43.3 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina remains locked out of international capital markets and there are expectations of currency devaluation as access to official exchanges is restricted. In June, inflation was up 42.7% year-on-year, but worse is expected. The UN\u2019s Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) expects Argentina\u2019s GDP to contract 10.5% this year.<\/p>\n<h2>Financing and political ties<\/h2>\n<p>Emma Fontanet, a manager at the department of international trade promotion at the ICBC Foundation, connected to the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, said Argentina joining BRI would be positive: \u201cThe signing of the Initiative would be a signal that would allow us to further strengthen ties to develop trade, investment and technology exchange.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For a country its size, Argentina has a small internal market due to its relatively few inhabitants. For Fontanet, the only way to achieve genuine growth is by exporting and securing investment and China plays a very relevant role. The relationship must be \u201cencouraged\u201d while \u201cadding more value to it&#8221;, she said.<\/p>\n<p>With Argentine companies struggling to access finance, Chinese buyers will partly pay for products before they\u2019ve been produced, explained Fontanet. Chinese importers often accept paying 30-40% in advance and the rest when they receive the product, as is the case today with some Argentine meat.<\/p>\n<p>For some of the large investments in Argentina, China provides financing that is then repaid with the profits obtained, such as the energy generated from dams. The AIIB is important for financing BRI projects. In Argentina, projects are funded by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), policy banks Exim Bank and the China Development Bank, and the Bank of China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the negotiating table, China tells Argentina to join the BRI in order to move forward with the projects the country wants,\u201d Mazzoccone said. \u201cBut Argentina is in a context of debt negotiation. It wants to look good with the US [in order] to negotiate the debt and it is not making progress on these projects, which are strategic for China, but which the US does not want Argentina to do\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Malena agreed: \u201cAs the US and China compete for the status of world leader, not only is there competition for trade and technology, but also for allies. For Argentina, the most beneficial [position] would be to promote fluid ties with both, maintaining a pragmatic equidistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whoever is best placed to help Argentina meet its development needs, politics seems to be back in a big way. The recent appointment of a <em>Kirchnerista<\/em> in the Argentine embassy in Beijing shows the government&#8217;s desire to build the relationship. Sabino Vaca Narvaja, the special representative for trade promotion and investments in China, told the state news agency T\u00e9lam: \u201cIt is important that we recover the spirit of the strategic cooperation agreements signed during the government of Cristina Kirchner in February 2015.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Argentina could become the biggest economy in Latin America to join the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an action that would allow Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez\u2019s heavily indebted government to deepen trade and investment ties with China. 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