Elon Musk, Argentine Leader Agree to Boost Free Markets After Texas Meeting

Argentine President Javier Milei also spoke with tech billionaire Elon Musk about the importance of ‘eliminating bureaucratic obstacles.’
Elon Musk, Argentine Leader Agree to Boost Free Markets After Texas Meeting
Argentina's President Javier Milei is surrounded by media after delivering a speech at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos on Jan. 17, 2024. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images
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Argentina’s President Javier Milei met with tech billionaire Elon Musk in Texas on Friday to discuss free markets and technological development as the Argentine leader seeks to revive his country’s economy.

The two met at Mr. Musk’s Tesla factory in Austin, Texas, where they agreed “on the need to free markets and defend the ideas of freedom,” Argentine presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni stated on X.