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Argentine farmers are ready to go on strike over a ban on meat exports
Argentine farmers are ready to confront the government as they prepare for a nine-day strike, starting on Thursday, to protest the suspension of monthly beef exports aimed at controlling rising inflation.
Beef prices in the country have doubled in the last year, fueling annual inflation at 46 per cent. Officials are concerned that lower domestic consumption as a result of higher prices in one of the world’s top exporting cows could hurt the government’s reputation ahead of this year’s crucial midterm elections.
The export ban was announced on Monday, although it has not yet been made official. It aims to increase domestic supply to ease the pressure on local prices, with inflation over 17 months President of Alberto Fernández Bigger than any other president since the last hyperinflation crisis in Argentina in 1989.
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HERE’S WHAT WE CAN SAY at this early hour. If you are gambling or setting odds, there’s a damn good chance that there will be a stimulus deal reached. It could be reached today maybe! Theoretically! given that: Friday is the government funding deadline, all the leaders agree a Covid relief deal should be paired with government funding, they have said they won’t leave town until a Covid deal is notched and passed,