News of asia

Andrés Malamud: ‘Milei’s bet on the United States is crazy, but not stupid’

11-11-2025 14:18 Political scientist says President Javier Milei’s alignment with the United States is a high-risk gambit: “If it works out, it’s the goal of the year.”

by Jorge Fontevecchia

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Chile, Google sign deal for first-ever South America-Asia fibre optic cable

05-06-2025 10:03 Dubbed the "Humboldt Project," the 14,800-kilometere cable will run from Valparaíso on Chile's Pacific coast to Sydney, Australia, via French Polynesia. According to Google, this will be the first such cable to directly connect South America and the Asia-Pacific.

TRADE & COMMERCE

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

13-05-2025 08:51 Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and China’s Xi Jinping are set to ink new trade-related agreements in Beijing on Tuesday.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

China is said seeking Argentina crops as it skirts US tariffs

09-05-2025 08:31 China signed a letter of intent with exporters in Argentina to buy about US$900 million of soybeans, corn and vegetable oil.

Geopolitcs & trade

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

29-04-2025 11:03 Beijing officials are racing to turn foreign governments against the United States inside a 90-day window Trump has granted all nations — except China — to strike trade deals during a tariff reprieve.

EURO TRADE PLANS

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

11-04-2025 13:49 The European Union is racing to clinch trade deals with countries around the world in an effort to diversify away from an increasingly protectionist United States.

MERCOSUR TRADE

Lula urges Mercosur-Japan deal to counter Trump protectionism

26-03-2025 08:38 Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva calls for new trade deal between Mercosur bloc and Japan during visit to Tokyo.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

How economic and strategic alliances are changing in a multipolar world

12-10-2024 06:23 A guide to the new fault lines of geopolitics — from BRICS versus the G7 to Lula and Milei’s ideological rivalry in Latin America.

News of asia

Andrés Malamud: ‘Milei’s bet on the United States is crazy, but not stupid’

Chile, Google sign deal for first-ever South America-Asia fibre optic cable

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

China is said seeking Argentina crops as it skirts US tariffs

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

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

Lula urges Mercosur-Japan deal to counter Trump protectionism

How economic and strategic alliances are changing in a multipolar world

Milei (finally) divides to conquer

Snug in the arms of Uncle Sam

Rafael Grossi, Argentine diplomat in running to head United Nations, warns of increased nuclear risk

Disunited provinces

The absent leader strategy and Mr ‘Knee Head’

Jair Bolsonaro fue enviado a la cárcel en Brasil: “Intentó romper su tobillera electrónica para fugarse esta tarde"

Oficial de la Policía de la Ciudad fue pasada a disponibilidad por subir "contenido hot" a redes sociales con el uniforme

Caso ANDIS: las defensas apuntan al fiscal Picardi y al origen de la causa

Un hombre murió cuando le hacían un implante dental y detuvieron a dos médicos en Belgrano

El Gobierno busca que los aumentos de la AUH se den de manera discrecional