Cablegate: New Protectionist Non-Tariff Barriers Target

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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BUENOS AIRES 001628

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

EB/TPP/BTA/EWH FOR BETH LAMPRON
WHA FOR WHA/BSC AND WHA/EPSC
PASS NSC FOR MICHAEL SMART
PASS FED BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR PATRICE ROBITAILLE
PASS USTR FOR KATHERINE DUCKWORTH AND MARY SULLIVAN
TREASURY FOR ROSELLEN ALBANO
USDOC FOR 4322/ITA/MAC/OLAC/PEACHER
US SOUTHCOM FOR POLAD

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD EINV AR
SUBJECT: NEW PROTECTIONIST NON-TARIFF BARRIERS TARGET
CHINA, WOO DOMESTIC INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT

REF: A. BUENOS AIRES 1496
B. BUENOS AIRES 1445

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BUENOS AIR 00001628 002 OF 002

From his first days in office, Peirano has expressed his
conviction that promoting and sheltering the growth of a deep
and diverse industrial base is fundamental to improving
Argentina's terms of trade. This package of new and as-yet
poorly-defined non-tariff barriers speaks to Peirano's
protectionist philosophy and to growing domestic concern over
the surge in Chinese imports (which, in this era of Chinese
prowess in the export of consumer goods, follows ineluctably
from the GoA's consumption-led economic recovery strategy).
This step also reflects domestic industry's share of the
pre-election pinata after the GoA's recent announcement of
cuts in consumer income tax liabilities and an increase in
pension payments.
WAYNE

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