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Argentina Scores $924 Million in Deals from China

by Cobus van Staden
File image of Sergio Massa, Argentina's Economy Minister. Photo: Dante Fernandez / AFP

Argentina’s Economy Minister Sergio Massa managed to secure almost a billion dollars‘ worth of investment deals on the first leg of his trip to China.

He is on an economic rescue mission, with talks expected to renew and extend a currency swap agreement in order to infuse much-needed foreign money into the Argentinian economy.

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