News of trade war

Bond chaos in Argentina sparks traders’ rush to provincial notes

25-04-2022 15:36 Investors are snapping up securities issued by the provinces of Córdoba, Neuquén, Mendoza and Chubut, turning them into the nation’s top performers this month.

Exports soared to record high in March

21-04-2022 17:29 Argentina exported a record US$7.352 billion last month – 28.5% more than in the previous month.

Trip to Russia, China puts Argentina’s ‘círculo rojo’ on orange alert

28-01-2022 17:07 Concerns among the group of influential decision-makers dubbed the “círculo rojo” are increasing, with unrest over the president’s tour destinations and doubts over a new IMF deal.

Alberto’s mission: Selling his support for Russia and China – at a high price

28-01-2022 17:04 Putin and Xi are two of the biggest political leaders in the world, beyond any doubt, but they are also among the most denounced.

by Maximiliano Sardi

President calls for probe into allegations of trade-union persecution

04-01-2022 17:52 President Fernandez calls on Judiciary to "investigate without delay" allegations of alleged espionage and trade-union persecution, following leaked 'Gestapo' video.

AFI denounces ex-BA Province minister after ‘Gestapo’ comment in video

31-12-2021 12:31 Video footage emerges of ex-Buenos Aires Province labour minister Marcelo Villegas telling business leaders of plan to tackle trade union leaders. AFI intelligence denounces officials of ex-Vidal administration before courts.

Argentina freezes prices on over 1,400 goods ahead of elections

20-10-2021 10:11 The government is freezing prices on 1,432 household items in an effort to cool accelerating inflation ahead of November’s midterm election. 

Ecuador's president declares state of emergency over drug violence

19-10-2021 09:13 Guillermo Lasso declares a state of emergency in the country grappling with a surge in drug-related violence and orders mobilisation of police and military.

Brazil’s Guedes lets rip at Argentina, vows to ‘modernise’ Mercosur

01-10-2021 01:37 Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes says Argentina should "withdraw" from the Mercosur if President Alberto Fernández's government feels "uncomfortable" with Brasilia's plans to "modernise" the South American trade bloc.

Lacalle Pou: Uruguay and China in talks over bilateral free-trade deal

08-09-2021 16:28 Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou says his government is “in a hurry” to close a FTA with China – a development that’s sure to increase tensions with other Mercosur member states.

Colombia gets a leg up in global marijuana export market

09-08-2021 14:50 Colombia is already world renowned for its coffee beans and flowers. Now, a new decree could make it a a major exporter of marijuana as well.

Water crisis threatens grain, iron transport on key Brazil river

29-07-2021 16:12 Brazil issued a provisional measure to authorise exceptional and temporary efforts to optimize the use of hydro-energy resources and secure energy supply as country faces one of its worst water crisis.

MercadoLibre, BigCommerce ally to boost US sales to Latin America

21-07-2021 10:46 MercadoLibre partners with Texas-based BigCommerce Holdings to give the online-shopping software-maker’s web merchants access to a new region.

Cuba protests fanned by worst economic crisis since fall of USSR

16-07-2021 03:00 Cuba's deepest economic crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union, a spike in Covid-19 infections, power blackouts and increased use of social media all helped fan discontent with the 62-year-old communist regime.

Facebook wins US antitrust dismissal, surges to US$1-trillion value

28-06-2021 19:23 A judge of the of the US District Court dismissed cases filed in December by the Federal Trade Commission and more than 40 states, which could have impeded Facebook's acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp.

Unions demanding vaccines strike at Argentina's soy ports

20-05-2021 11:23 Trade unions go on strike, the latest in a string of protests by workers demanding vaccination against Covid-19.

Uruguay presents plan to make Mercosur trade talks more flexible

26-04-2021 15:19 According to the draft document released by the Foreign Ministry in Montevideo, the proposal would allow member states, under some conditions, to initiate negotiations "either as a group or individually." 

Mercosur’s murky future

27-03-2021 07:27 Mercosur will have problems selling itself to the rest of the world while it cannot sell to itself.

by Michael Soltys

Mexico prepares for legal marijuana gold rush

18-03-2021 11:52 Mexican lawmakers are close to approving legalisation that is expected to catapult the country's regulated cannabis trade into a billion-dollar legal marijuana market.

More than 450 NGOs, groups condemn ‘obsolete’ EU-Mercosur trade deal

16-03-2021 17:26 More than 450 civil society groups, associations and NGOs call on Mercosur, European Union to “abandon” controversial free-trade deal.