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U.S. DEPARTMENT of STATE
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Office of the Spokesman On the margins of United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week, the United States and Argentina launched today the Andes-Atlantic Corridor, a joint initiative to strengthen and modernize the infrastructure connecting Argentina’s critical-mineral-rich northwest and Vaca Muerta energy basin to Atlantic ports and Western markets through modern rail, pipeline, port, power, and digital infrastructure. The Corridor will help unlock billions of dollars in investment, expand opportunities to U.S. companies, and strengthen supply chains for critical minerals and energy, including lithium, copper, oil, and gas. It is the first Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment Corridor in the Western Hemisphere, deepening U.S.-Argentine economic integration and connecting investors to opportunities across Argentina’s energy, mining, infrastructure, and technology sectors. The Corridor will connect Argentina’s resource-rich regions to inland ports on the Hidrovía Waterway and Atlantic ports, helping meet growing demand for Argentina’s energy and mining sectors while reducing transportation and energy bottlenecks. Argentina’s economic reforms bolster these opportunities: the Incentive Regime for Large Investments offers long-term tax, trade, and foreign-exchange benefits for large-scale investments in priority sectors. U.S. government financing agencies, including the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), can play a role in financing for high-impact Corridor projects alongside the private sector. EXIM and Argentina signed the U.S.-Argentina Build the Future Framework, which will expand economic cooperation and provide financing of up to $7 billion by 2027 for projects that advance infrastructure development and productive capacity, the very investments that will propel the Corridor forward. The Corridor is already enabling opportunities across the transportation, energy, and digital infrastructure sectors: New energy infrastructure will support Argentina’s energy and mining sectors, increase exports, and relieve power and supply bottlenecks. Transportation projects will improve the movement of energy, minerals, and agricultural goods to market. Digital infrastructure projects will expand connectivity and resilience across the Corridor. The United States intends to use U.S. financing and investment tools from DFC, EXIM, and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, together with commercial expertise from the Departments of Commerce, State, and Treasury, to prepare and advance infrastructure transactions to international standards, excluding non-market actors and incorporating trusted technology. A U.S. delegation from State, DFC, and EXIM will travel to Buenos Aires, Jujuy, and Salta in October 2026 to identify and advance transactions. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau will travel to Argentina later in October to discuss economic growth and investment with public and private sector partners and advocate for Corridor transactions. The United States and Argentina will also coordinate roadshows connecting U.S. companies with investment opportunities and active concession tenders, including a proposed visit by the Head of the Agency for the Transformation of Public Enterprises to New York City and Washington, D.C., December 9-10, 2026. The Corridor joins the United States’ broader network of strategic economic corridors, including the Lobito Corridor, Luzon Economic Corridor, India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, and Trans-Caspian Trade Route.
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