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Trade

Trump: Shooting himself in the foot 

The success of powers such as China and the United States, driven by state intervention, highlights the fallacy of neoliberal free market dogma and underscores the need to adopt pragmatic policies free from rigid ideologies.

Tariffs: zero-sum game or shot in the foot?

By assuming that trade relations are a zero-sum game in which to win the other must lose, and that a trade deficit reflects losing and a surplus winning, President Trump reveals a simplism far removed from the dynamics of international trade.

Telecoupling: A story about lithium and asymmetric global transformations

In a globalized world, our decisions can affect remote parts of the planet with which we are not in direct contact.

The tariffs of Damocles

Regardless of whether this new round of threats ends up being implemented or not, expectations can have a big effect even before anything concrete actually happens.

International trade and biodiversity loss in Latin America: part of the problem and part of the solution?

The South American Gran Chaco is capable of absorbing large amounts of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and is home to a rich biological and cultural diversity.

Agri-food Trade: Latin America at the Crossroads of Climate Change

We must consider how to carry out the transition without harming subsistence economies or the income derived from the export of extensive agricultural production.