Argentina's Milei's Full Interview At Bloomberg House in Davos

Watch on YouTube ↗  |  January 22, 2026 at 15:24  |  26:19  |  Bloomberg Markets
Speakers
Javier Milei — President of Argentina

Summary

Javier Milei, President of Argentina, speaks with Bloomberg's John Micklethwait at Davos about Venezuela, Argentina's economic reforms, the peso, sovereign financing, and trade policy. Milei defends free trade and says Argentina will open to the EU, EFTA, the US, China, and India. He argues Argentina's fiscal and disinflation progress make its fundamentals stronger than implied by current country risk.

  • Milei welcomes US-led Venezuela stabilization but urges patience on democratic transition.
  • Argentina has cut inflation, eliminated the fiscal deficit, restored growth, and reduced poverty under Milei.
  • Milei says the peso remains within a band and will float freely after monetary overhang cleanup.
  • He argues Argentina's zero deficit and low debt make 550bp country risk too wide.
  • Milei plans to open Argentina to more trade with the EU, EFTA, US, China, and India.
  • He supports the Mercosur-EU deal and wants Mercosur to be more flexible.
  • Milei says relations with Brazil are pragmatic and Latin America may shift toward free-market ideas.
  • He emphasizes free-market capitalism and ethical policy design at Davos.
Ideas
Javier Milei President of Argentina 10:08
Peso float path worth watching
Milei says the exchange rate is already free within the band, but full peso float will come only after the monetary overhang and capital/price controls are cleaned up. He expects inflation to converge toward international levels, at which point the peso can float freely without trouble, making the float path a monitorable setup.
ARS MED
Javier Milei President of Argentina 12:33
Argentina country risk too wide
Milei says Argentina runs a zero fiscal deficit, pays interest out of surplus, has low debt-to-GDP with most debt held within the public sector, and needs less foreign financing. He argues country risk at 550 basis points is not in line with these fundamentals, implying Argentine sovereign debt/spreads are too cheap/wide.
Argentina sovereign bonds HIGH
Javier Milei President of Argentina 23:20
Argentina reforms make country attractive investment
Milei argues Argentina's free-market reforms have cut inflation from 300% to around 30%, eliminated the fiscal deficit, ended money printing, restored growth and lifted 15 million people out of poverty, with 62% public support for a free-market economy. He presents Argentina as a successful reform story and a more attractive investment destination.
ARGT HIGH
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This Bloomberg Markets video, published January 22, 2026, features Javier Milei discussing ARS, Argentina sovereign bonds, ARGT. 3 trade ideas extracted by AI with direction and confidence scoring.

Speakers: Javier Milei  · Tickers: ARS, Argentina sovereign bonds, ARGT