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China offers to ‘boost cooperation' with Argentina on vaccines

06-01-2021 16:54 Xi Jinping says his country is "ready to work" with Argentina to boost cooperation and advance development of vaccines against coronavirus, as talks to acquire doses of Chinese shots continue.

FOREIGN POLICY

Argentina: between Jair Bolsonaro, Joe Biden and Xi Jinping

05-12-2020 10:12 Following its dialogue with Brasilia and Washington, the Alberto Fernández administration needs to define a clear strategy with its main trade partners.

by Leandro Dario

SINO-ARGENTINE RELATIONS

Argentina’s ties with China deepen under Fernández

22-08-2020 08:27 Peronist leader leads charge to develop ties with Asian giant, which is now Argentina’s largest trading partner. Trip to Shanghai pencilled in for early November, with business, the pandemic and pork topping the agenda.

by Juan Luis González

SINO-ARGENTINE RELATIONS

Alberto Fernández planning 'strategic trip' to China in November

19-08-2020 22:44 Peronist leader eyeing potential trip to Asian powerhouse in November. Multi-billion-dollar agreements and the coronavirus pandemic lead agenda for talks with Argentina's leading trade partner.

by Juan Luis González

UNITED STATES

Trump asked China's Xi for re-election help, claims Bolton

18-06-2020 00:44 Former US national security adviser John Bolton claims in book that at "the Osaka G-20 meeting, with only interpreters present, Xi explained to Trump why he was basically building concentration camps in Xinjiang" and that US president said Chinese leader backed the move, saying it was "exactly the right thing to do."

A DIPLOMATIC APPROACH

Walking the walk and talking the talk in Latin America

06-12-2019 07:00 A closer look at the US and Chinese diplomatic presence in the Americas, with the region gripped by social and political turmoil.

by Tomás Brockenshire

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Economy in mind, Bolsonaro changes tack and cozies up to China

13-11-2019 12:38 Gone is last year’s fiery campaign trail rhetoric about China being a rapacious power intent on exploiting Brazilian resources. China is, after all, Brazil’s biggest trading partner.

ALBERTO PRESIDENTE

Fernández to shift stances on Latin America, US, Venezuela, Brazil, China

29-10-2019 13:28 Fernández has signalled that Argentina will return to its alignment with the left-wing governments of Latin America. That could see closer ties with Mexico and Venezuela, and greater tensions with Brazil, the region’s biggest economy.

UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Government confirms Macri will attend UN General Assembly

09-09-2019 14:24 Officials say president will leave for New York on September 21 for meetings with investors ahead of UN event. Macri likely to seek meetings with China's Xi and US President Trump.

BLOOMBERG

As new Cold War looms, China struggles to grasp Trump's end game

23-05-2019 17:37 Uncertainty over whether US president is simply ramping up threats before ultimately reaching a deal, or if the US is fundamentally looking to curb China’s rise as a global superpower. Washington, it seems, isn't sure either.