By Eliana Raszewski
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Billionaire Elon Musk and Argentina’s libertarian president promised to work collectively on Friday to advertise free markets in addition to potential lithium tasks after the 2 likeminded males met in Texas, dwelling to the tycoon’s Tesla (NASDAQ:) electrical automotive firm.
The chief spokesman to President Javier Milei mentioned the pair visited Tesla’s Austin headquarters and mentioned quite a lot of matters, from the necessity to enhance declining birthrates worldwide to pursuing technological improvement whereas defending “liberty.”
Musk, one of many world’s richest males, has beforehand confirmed his admiration for Milei’s full-throated embrace of personal enterprise and his distain for what he sees as socialist excesses.
In feedback to native media, Argentina’s incoming ambassador to the US, Gerardo Werthein, famous that Musk and Milei additionally mentioned lithium, the ultra-light metallic seen as key for the rechargeable batteries wanted for future fleets of electrical automobiles.
“We talked in regards to the funding alternatives in Argentina in lithium… We’re very dedicated not solely to exporting uncooked supplies but in addition to including worth,” mentioned Werthein in feedback revealed by newspaper La Nacion.
“(Musk) mentioned he desires to assist Argentina,” added Werthein.
Milei additionally provided his help for the dispute over Musk’s social media platform X, beforehand Twitter, enjoying out in Brazil, based on the assertion from Milei’s spokesman Manuel Adorni, which was posted on X.
Final Sunday, a Brazilian Supreme Court docket choose opened an investigation into Musk after the billionaire mentioned he would reinstate X accounts that the choose had ordered blocked.
