A U.S. Official Questioned the Currency Swap with China: "Argentina Will Not Be Free"

Mauricio Claver-Carone, special envoy of the United States for Latin America, spoke this Friday with the Infobae media and made a statement that generated controversy at the Chinese embassy in Argentina. The official who responds to the Trump administration said: “As long as the country has the swap, it is tied to China and depends on that swap to be able to stay economically. So, Argentina is not free.” Claver-Carone was critical of that agreem…

“As long as you have the swap with China, Argentina will not be free,” said Mauricio Claver-Carone, a special envoy from the United States for Latin America. Through a statement, the diplomatic headquarters was very harsh with his statements.

In the last few hours, the former president of the Inter-American Development Bank and official close to Donald Trump, Mauricio Claver-Carone, said that the renewal of the currency swap between Argentina and China conditions the country's economic sovereignty because "it depends on that to be able to sustain economically"The declarations were made in relation to the agreement reached in April between the Central Bank of China (PBOC) and the Arge…

The recommendation of a Donald Trump official to Milei to fuel tensions, within the framework of the country’s relationship with China. The entry Mauricio Claver-Carone: “As long as you have swap with China, Argentina will not be free” was first published in #BorderJournalism.

Latin American Summary, May 16, 2025. Mauricio Claver-Carone, in charge of the U.S. relationship with Latin America, questioned the government for having renewed the exchange of currencies with the Asian giant. He said that if paid, the IMF loan could have been greater. A month ago the Secretary of Finance spoke equally [...] The entry Argentina. A Trump official demanded Milei to cancel the swap with China: “As long as he has it, Argentina will…

Maurice Clever Carone, Donald Trump’s secretary for Latin America, insisted that Argentina must cancel the swap that it maintains with China if it intends to be really free. “As long as the country has the swap, it is tied to China and depends on that swap to be able to stay financially. So, Argentina is not free,” said Clever Carone in an interview he offered to Infobae. The former IDB director again questioned the terms of the agreement with t…