TRADE & COMMERCE

Lula and Xi to ink new deals as Brazil shrugs off Trump’s trade threats

At Simone Iglesias, Leonardo Lara & Daniel Carvalho, Bloomberg

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

China is said seeking Argentina crops as it skirts US tariffs

At Jonathan Gilbert & Manuela Tobias, Bloomberg

GEOPOLITICS & DIPLOMACY

Colombia moves to join China's Belt and Road

At Lina Vanegas, AFP

ARGENTINA-CHINA RELATIONS

Chinese business interests await gesture from Milei towards Xi

At Eugenia Muzio

Geopolitcs & trade

Xi is trying to turn world against US as Trump cuts trade deals

At Bloomberg News

SUPPLY LINES

Mercosur shields Paraguay from Trump tariff pain, says finance chief

At Zijia Song & Ken Parks, Bloomberg

AGRICULTURE & LIVESTOCK

From meat to grains, trade war is a boon to Brazil and Argentina

At Clarice Couto, Dayanne Sousa & Jonathan Gilbert, Bloomberg

DIPLOMATIC ROW

Chinese Embassy hits back after Bessent’s remarks in Argentina

GEOPOLITICS & DIPLOMACY

Trump’s China trade war is forcing Latin America to pick a side

At Andrew Rosati, Bloomberg

US TREASURY SECRETARY

Bessent expects Argentina to be able to pay off China swap

At Manuela Tobias, Patrick Gillespie & Annmarie Hordern, Bloomberg

As I see it

Trump has China in the crosshairs

At James Neilson

EURO TRADE PLANS

EU races to expand two-trillion-euro trade network as US links sour

At Alberto Nardelli, Bloomberg

GLOBAL TRADE WAR

Trump stuns with tariff backtrack

CURRENCY SWAP

Argentina renews part of China swap ahead of Bessent visit

At Patrick Gillespie, Kevin Simauchi & Manuela Tobias, Bloomberg

ECONOMY – ANALYSIS

IMF deal fine print could disrupt China swap renewal

At Eugenia Muzio

TRUMP'S TARIFF WAR

Strength in numbers: Latin America urges unity in face of Trump tariffs

At Noe Leiva, AFP

GLOBAL TRADE WAR

Trump pauses tariffs for 90 days but hits China harder

At Danny Kemp & Sam Davies, AFP

TRADE WARS

Trump tariffs everyone, with rate on China set to soar above 50%

At Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Catherine Lucey, Josh Wingrove & Skylar Woodhouse, Bloomberg

AS I SEE IT

Demography should help the US keep China at bay

At James Neilson

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Is Donald Trump good for Argentina?

At Jorge Fontevecchia

Global trade

Trump escalates global trade war, sparking tit-for-tat tariffs

At Kate Sullivan & Josh Wingrove, Bloomberg

As I see it

Hail to the chiefs

At James Neilson

GEOPOLITICS & DIPLOMACY

Gutting aid, US cedes soft power game to China

At Shaun Tandon, AFP

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Soy falls as US-China talks loom, weather improves in Argentina

At Keira Wright, Hallie Gu & Clarice Couto, Bloomberg

PANAMA CANAL THREAT

Rubio lays down ultimatum to Panama over canal

At Shaun Tandon & Isabel Sánchez, AFP

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

‘Trump is the catalyst,’ agree former ambassadors to China

At Jorge Fontevecchia

Artificial Intelligence

DeepSeek, Chinese AI startup roiling US tech giants

At Agatha Cantrill & Peter Catterall, AFP

WORLD ECONOMIC FORuM

Milei praises Trump at Davos, but seeks deeper ties with China

At Manuela Tobias, Bloomberg

Fossil Fueled

Trump leaves Paris climate agreement

At Issam AHMED, AFP

Global Health

WHO 'regrets' Trump decision to pull US from organisation

Soybean Trade War

Trump trade war to hurt US farmers more as China turns to Brazil

At By Michael Hirtzer and Ilena Peng

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU reaches long-sought Mercosur deal despite French objections

At Ken Parks, Bloomberg

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Argentina seeks its first wheat shipments to China in decades

At Jonathan Gilbert, Bloomberg

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Long live pragmatism, carajo!

At Javier Calvo

SINO-LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS

Xi, Lula meet in Brasília to 'enhance' diplomatic ties

At Sam Yockey

BILATERAL RELATIONS

From ‘assassins’ to ally? Milei caps turnaround by meeting China's Xi

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Milei’s meeting with Xi signals he’s come full circle on China

At Stephen Wicary, Bloomberg

Trade tensions

Lula’s embrace of Xi sets up a clash over Trump’s China policy

At Simone Iglesias, Daniel Carvalho & Beatriz Reis, Bloomberg

Fast fashion

Buy now, pay later: Latin America pressured by Chinese online shops

At Paulina Abramovich, AFP

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

World leaders pledge to work with Trump as he claims US election win

Lihtium in Argentina

Eramet buys out Tsingshan from Argentina lithium project

At Eddie Spence, Bloomberg

GEOPOLITICS

Brazil reluctant to pick between US and China in polarised world

At Martha Beck, Mariana Durao & Rachel Gamarski, Bloomberg

Economic - Analysis

Global public debt to hit US$100 trillion by end of 2024, IMF says

At Enda Curran, Bloomberg

OPINION & ANALYSIS

How economic and strategic alliances are changing in a multipolar world

At Malcolm Scott & Alan Crawford, Bloomberg

FOREIGN POLICY

Xi’s ‘strategic patience’ pays off as Milei U-turns on China ties

At Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

Economy & World

Rio Tinto expands lithium bet with biggest deal since 2007

At Paul-Alain Huntm, Bloomberg

OPINION & ANALYSIS

An expanded BRICS needs to innovate to show its influence

At Malcolm Scott, Bloomberg

DIPLOMACY

Argentina's approach to China switches as ideology gives in to interests

At Adrian Tuninetti, Perfil

Economy

Rio Tinto makes approach to buy lithium producer Arcadium

At Paul-Alain Hunt, Bloomberg

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Macron says free-trade deal with Mercosur is unfair for local farmers

At James Regan, Jorge Valero & Michael Nienaber, Bloomberg