Argentina said on Thursday that a good trade relationship with Russia and China «does not generate a conflict,» days after the United States warned against the growing influence of those countries on Latin America.
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina said on Thursday that a good trade relationship with Russia and China «does not generate a conflict,» days after the United States warned against the growing influence of those countries on Latin America.
Before starting a tour of the region, U. S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said last week that Russia’s growing presence in Latin America was «alarming.» He said the region did not need «new imperial powers,» in reference to its fluid commercial relations with both Russia and China.
«There is an increase in interest (in China and Russia) and we encourage it because it seems very positive, it does not generate a conflict,» Argentina’s Secretary of International Economic Relations Horacio Reyser told Reuters.
China is Argentina No. 2 trade partner after Brazil, and it is the top buyer of Argentina’s main cash crop, soybeans.
