An economist at the XXII CCI France Business Forum highlighted Argentina's historic economic challenges, emphasizing the necessity for structural reforms and macroeconomic balance for a sustained recovery. The economist pointed out that Argentina is in a severe decline that has been ongoing for over a century and advocated for the restoration of principles such as respect for private property, institutional stability, independent justice, and openness to the world. He criticized the fiscal deficit and limited use of the country's abundant natural resources, and suggested that agricultural growth could be significantly increased with the correct economic policies and by reducing regulatory barriers and high costs. The economist underscored that the real challenge will be to carry out structural reforms to ensure lasting growth, cautioning that these reforms will be pivotal in unleashing the country's productive potential and preventing it from being the 'country of lost opportunities.'