{Argentina is a major exporter of soybeans and soybean-derived products, corn and beef, competing with the United States in China and other markets. Like Brazil, it offers China an alternative to dependence on the US in the middle of a long-term trade dispute and increasingly acrimonious rivalry.}

And the opportunity to slap back at the whities:

{The UK had a slap of its own when China took the opportunity to support Argentina’s position on the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas). That is another story, but it does underline the Global South versus Imperial North nature of the dispute.}

https://asiatimes.com/2022/02/argentina-joins-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative/