Argentina Presidential Frontrunner Calls China an ‘Assassin’
Javier Milei scorns ‘socialists,’ in Latin America and abroad
Breakdown in relations with China could harm Argentine economy
Bloomberg / Aug 17, 2023, 10:48 IST
(Bloomberg) – Argentina’s presidential frontrunner Javier Milei would freeze relations with China and pull South America’s second-biggest economy out of the Mercosur trade bloc with Brazil, foreign policy proposals that are as radical as his economics.
In an interview following his unexpected primary victory on Aug. 13, the outsider candidate has given international policymakers the biggest insight yet in how he would conduct Argentina’s affairs on the world stage.
“People are not free in China, they can’t do what they want and when they do it, they get killed,” he told Bloomberg News on Wednesday, referring to Beijing’s government. “Would you trade with an assassin?”
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