National MP Miguel Angel Pichito The businessman warned again this Sunday Marcus Galperin Due to the advancement of Chinese platforms that compete with the Mercado Libre business model. “You better start worrying because they’ll pass you by.”The lawmaker stated this in a post on social media.
The conversation comes a few days ago, when Pichito referred in his However, Galperin tried to mitigate the controversy.
“I’m not worried. We will compete with them in the same way as we compete with them, with great success so far, in many other countries on the continent,” Galperin said yesterday at the X Conference.
“You better start worrying, Marcus Galperin, because,” Bechetto responded on Sunday Chinese platforms will pass you by. “They are really impacting your business and losing the jobs of those who work in freight distribution.”
It’s best to start worrying @marcos_galperin Because Chinese platforms will pass you by.
It is already affecting your business and losing the jobs of those who work in freight distribution. https://t.co/ZeFnqNf5nB
– Miguel Angel Pichetto (@MiguelPichetto) November 9, 2025
On Friday, the National Representative shared the statements of the current CEO of Mercado Libre to insist on something he has been warning about for some time on his social networks and in his speeches in Congress: The difficulties that the Argentine industry faces and will face after the random opening of imports.
“I was the first to talk about the need to impose heavy taxes on the products of the Chinese platforms Shein and Temu,” Pichito said. “And now I see that there are a lot of people involved, including Mr. Galperín from Mercado Libre.”
He asked: “Congress must work to regulate this platform economy and pay attention to national industry and Argentine employment.”
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De la Serna focused on the unequal competition with Chinese platforms and the threat this poses to local businesses and employment.
When asked about the progress of platforms such as China’s Temu and Shein in the region, Juan Martin de la Serna said that it is important to have a good regulatory framework that is the same for all those who compete, and that regulation is very important, whether in finance or trade.
The executive who heads the country’s Mercado Libre spoke at consulting firm Abeceb’s annual conference. Bloomberg News stressed that these statements by De La Serna are the clearest criticism so far from Mercado Libre of the accelerating growth of Timo, Shen and other Asian competitors.
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