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Podcast: Breakfast Business with Joe Lynam
Episode: Argentina has turned huge budget deficit into a surplus
Description: Two large South American nations have been in the news lately. One displeased Donald Trump and the other has managed to turn a huge budget deficit into a surplus. Colombia faced immediate tariffs of up to 50% at the weekend because it refused to accept its immigrants deported in shackles from the US. Meanwhile Argentina’s far right president appears to have pulled an economic rabbit out of a hat. To discuss these issues further Joe spoke to y Jon Farmer the Editor of Latin American weekly report.