Associate research at the German Institute for Gobal and Area Studies - GIGA (Hamburg, Germany) and the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). He was Director of the Inst. for Latin American Studies and Vice President of the GIGA.
The signing and ratification of the agreement by the Mercosur states is largely expected; it now depends on the European Union to seize the opportunity to position itself as the antithesis of Trump’s trade policy and reaffirm its role as a regulatory power.
In the conflict between the US and China, Latin American governments should not take sides, but should be guided exclusively by their national interests and take advantage of the competition between the two superpowers.
