TRADE & COMMERCE Mercosur and Canada to resume talks over free-trade agreement Today 10:26 Amid trade tensions sparked by Donald Trump's tariff war, Mercosur and Canada are set to resume negotiations on a free-trade agreement.
AMCHAM SUMMIT 2025 Investments, remonetisation, reforms – doubts of US business leaders 22-05-2025 09:31 Milei’s RIGI incentives do not convince, the 'quasi-whitewash' needs "rationality" and reform bills into 2026. Electoral atmosphere at this year’s AmCham Summit and business optimism. by Eugenia Muzio
BUSINESS & FINANCE MercadoLibre CEO steps aside after 25 years for chairman job 22-05-2025 08:53 Billionaire founder Marcos Galperin will step down as CEO of e-commerce and financial services giant Mercado Libre in January 2026.
BUSINESS & INVESTMENT DLocal CEO sees e-commerce firms rushing into Milei’s Argentina 06-05-2025 10:29 Head of payment services provider DLocal says firm is seeing seeing renewed activity in crisis-prone Argentina.
Global trade Trump escalates global trade war, sparking tit-for-tat tariffs 04-03-2025 12:27 Confirmation of the levies lays to rest doubts Trump would actually follow through on his repeated threats to upend global economic ties to counter what he casts as imbalanced trade.
MERCOSUR TENSIONS Mercosur-China trade talks must address imbalance, Paraguay says 06-09-2024 11:59 Mercosur would be willing to negotiate a trade agreement with China if it addresses the lopsided commerce between the two trading partners, says Paraguay.
EU-MERCOSUR DEAL EU-Mercosur trade deal totters as Europe's farmers revolt 30-01-2024 18:15 Growing farmer protests in Europe and strong opposition from France damages push for EU-Mercosur free-trade deal.
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY More moderate Milei embraces trading partners he had shunned 24-11-2023 14:31 Signs indicate foul-mouthed libertarian who swept to power with radical promises to fix Argentina’s problems may be adopting a more pragmatic approach, at least in foreign policy, as he prepares to take office.
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ‘First six months of 2024 are going to be terrible,’ says Argentine business leader 15-11-2023 22:41 Head of Cámara Argentina de Comercio offers ominous forecast for next government’s initial months in office and warns politicians must “do things properly" in what looks to be a “complex” year ahead.