Federal Government Submits Comprehensive Deregulation and State Privatization Bill to the Argentine Congress
The executive branch has formally submitted a sweeping legislative package to the Argentine Congress designed to rapidly deregulate the domestic economy, reform rigid labor laws, and authorize the privatization of several major state-owned enterprises, including the national airline and railway networks. The structural reform agenda aims to dismantle decades of interventionist economic policy and boost private sector productivity, though it faces intense political opposition from powerful labor unions and opposition lawmakers.