Senate rejection of Milei's courtiers: "It's a blow to presidential credibility"
In an unprecedented institutional setback, the Argentine Senate rejected President Javier Milei's decrees appointing two new Supreme Court justices. Separately, China will impose 34% tariffs on US imports in retaliation for Trump's economic measures. Ariel Lijo's nomination was rejected by 43 votes to 27, while Manuel García-Mansilla's received 51 rejections and only 20 approvals. Both had been appointed bypassing Congress because the Executive branch could not muster the required two-thirds majority in the Senate. "Without the appointment of these two judges, the 'impunity' pact made by Cristina Fernández de Kirchner [former Vice President of the Nation] and Santiago Caputo [advisor to Javier Milei] to bring Lijo to the Court fell apart; they sought to delegitimize the Supreme Court," said Francisco Paoltroni, senator from Libertad, Trabajo y Progreso, former member of La Libertad Avanza, on Cara o ceca. The senator suggested that Judge García-Mansilla remain in his position until the expiration of the term of the Decree that appointed him, despite the Senate's resolution. "The best thing for institutionality is for him to remain as a member until November 30. It is more intelligent to move forward with a new nomination to complete the five judges that we must have on the highest court," he continued. "La Libertad Avanza has projects that can be approved and others that cannot. But lately there is an accumulation of errors that undermine the credibility of the presidential word. That is why I have been moving away from the bloc, because there were things that were promised or advocated for, which are not being fulfilled today," he concluded. China's Harsh Response to Trump's Tariffs President Xi Jinping announced 34% tariffs on all imports of goods from the United States starting April 10 in response to Washington's tariffs on Chinese products. "Unlike what had happened in his first term, Trump wants to stop China's economic rise in a 2.0 manner, accelerating the times and being very intense in the way he provokes," said Gustavo Girado, Master in International Relations and director of the postgraduate program on China at the University of Lanús, on Cara o ceca. "Asian countries protected themselves in time from these measures because they saw them coming. In particular, China did so by restricting exports to the US of a series of products that are extremely important for making high-tech manufactures," he added. "China is part of the chip industry, today vital for the functioning of the technological world. With these restrictions, it attacked Trump where it can hurt him the most. In addition, China sells more to the US than it buys," he concluded.
Original title: Rechazo del Senado a los cortesanos de Milei: "Es un golpe a la credibilidad presidencial"
Original description: En un revés institucional sin antecedentes, la Cámara Alta argentina rechazó las designaciones de d…