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Argentina Elections and Trade implications

Argentina has an upcoming Presidential election in October. Candidates in Argentina run in an open, or what is called in the U.S. a “jungle,” primary as is done in a couple of states for Senate and Congressional races (Georgia and Louisiana). The top individual vote getters move to the general election. That primary was a couple of weeks ago, and as a result, there will be three candidates in the general election per the results of the primary.   Given the total party votes, especially between Milei and Bullrich at nearly 58.7 percent of the total, it looks like the general will be a race between Milei and Bullrich; if no candidate gets 45 percent of the vote, the race will go to a December runoff. What is significa...

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