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O'Neill Urges Argentina on Reforms
Washington –– Argentina is heading in the right direction but must make necessary economic changes before the United States can support new International Monetary Fund loans, Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill said Thursday. "Over the last few weeks I think they've moved in a direction that seems correct to those of us who are interested in international economic affairs," O'Neill said in remarks to the Chamber of Commerce. He welcomed Argentina's decision to let the Argentine peso float freely with its value determined by market forces. President Eduardo Duhalde moved to scrap the peso's decade-long link to the U.S. dollar four days after he took office last month. O'Neill, defending the United States' handling of Argentina's financial crisis, said the United States can provide technical assistance but only Argentina can fix its problems. "You should be sure of one thing. We are not distant and far removed from this," O'Neill said. "We're engaged with them on an everyday basis." The current role for the United States, he said, is to be supportive. "We think it is a role of responding to their initiatives and working with the IMF, hopefully, to get soon to a point where everyone agreed that they've created a sustainable base, and Argentina can move forward with the IMF support program." FAIR USE NOTICE: This page contains copyrighted material the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Global Action on Aging distributes this material without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. We believe this constitutes a fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in 17 U.S.C § 107. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.
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