The United States and Argentina announced a preliminary framework to advance toward a future Reciprocal Trade and Investment Agreement. This is not the final agreement yet, but rather a negotiating basis.

The framework envisions greater trade openness and tariff reductions in industrial, technological, pharmaceutical, and agricultural sectors. Argentina commits to expanding access for U.S. products and to eliminating non-tariff barriers, including consular formalities, certain licenses, and the statistics fee applied to imports from the United States.

Argentina will also accept U.S. standards for vehicles, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals, and will strengthen intellectual-property, labor, environmental, and digital-trade rules.

In the agricultural sector, Argentina would grant broader market access —live cattle, poultry, pork, dairy, and processed beef— by simplifying sanitary registrations. The United States, in turn, would assume general commitments to address non-tariff barriers, even if without specific benefits for Argentine products.

This understanding represents a first step; the final agreement will require negotiation, drafting, and signature before entering into force.

The merchandise trade balance between the United States (U.S.) and Argentina for 2024 recorded a U.S. trade surplus of approximately USD 2.0 billion. The signing of this framework agreement could eventually allow Argentine products to access a market of 270 to 300 million effective consumers, with the United States being the world’s largest economy in nominal terms.

At the link you will find the original text : https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/11/joint-statement-on-framework-for-a-united-states-argentina-agreement-on-reciprocal-trade-and-investment/

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