“I wish I knew something, it depends on Trump”, “we have no news”, “nothing is known yet, let’s hope the delay is only in its implementation”. Those were the kinds of responses given by Argentine entrepreneurs when Bichos de Campo consulted them about the much-announced export quota of beef that the United States government would give to Argentina and that would expand the tariff quota from 20,000 tons to 80,000 tons that the country has had since 2018. The expansion of this export quota—which moves around $150 million in business and could grow to $600 million—was strongly promoted by President Javier Milei himself as a clear achievement of his administration and as evidence of the very good relationship he maintains with his counterpart in the United States. But all those announcements happened in the days before the midterm elections in which La Libertad Avanza prevailed, alongside the financial bailout led by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. After the victory, the government ...