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Trade

A strategic opportunity: The final stretch of the Mercosur–European Union agreement

In its decisive stage, the agreement between Mercosur and the EU is emerging as a historic opportunity to enhance competitiveness, modernize institutions, and reposition the South American bloc geopolitically.

Latin America: dangerous indifference to the multilateral crisis

The collapse of economic multilateralism leaves Latin America vulnerable. Without action, U.S. unilateralism risks deepening regional fragility.

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.