The Andean country, a proponent of free trade but often a reluctant diplomatic leader, has taken a surprising outsized role in furthering economic integration between Latin America and the Asia Pacific region.
Chile, the Trans Pacific Partnership’s unlikely savior
By Anders Beal and Benjamin N. Gedan / 
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The TPP fortune cookie crumbles
China is now the second largest export destination for Latin American products and a key investor in the region. Is China about to set the rules for the new terms of trade?
Economics, Trade & Development
Is Trump protectionism the global wave of the future?
By Nicolás Albertoni / N_Albertoni /
It’s clear that a new wave of protectionism is likely next. The WTO may be our best hope for avoiding a trade war.
Economics, Trade & Development
Unlocking trade opportunities: Asia and Central America’s strategic partnership
By Javier Gutiérrez / jantgut /
The likely death of TPP may be a boon to Central America as firms in the Asian TPP economies seek better access to the U.S. market through CAFTA-DR.
Economics, Trade & Development
Ante el cambio de época del comercio global
By Nicolás Albertoni / N_Albertoni /
Con el aumento del proteccionismo y el comercio internacional en descenso, nos encontramos frente a un cambio de época que puede generar un estancamiento generalizado de la economía internacional. ¿Qué se puede hacer para contrarrestar estas tendencias y retomar la senda del libre comercio?
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Trump builds walls, Xi builds bridges in LatAm
By Kevin Gallagher / KevinPGallagher /
Latin America is experiencing its worst economic growth — projected to be negative this year – since the lost decade of the 1980s. At this crucial time, the United States is turning its back and stepping backward from Latin America while China takes further steps forward in its economic relations with the region.
In the Media
Free trade at the crossroads
By Jerry Haar /
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In the current political milieu, anti-trade proponents have the upper hand, relegating vocal champions of free trade to a tiny minority.
Economics, Trade & Development
TLC entre Uruguay y Chile, un paso hacia la convergencia
By Nicolás Albertoni / N_Albertoni /
Con la firma de un tratado de libre comercio entre Chile y Uruguay se comienzan a abrir las puertas de una posible futura convergencia entre Mercosur y la Alianza del Pacífico. ¿Llevará este acuerdo a la integración comercial de Mercosur al resto de América Latina?
Economics, Trade & Development
A populist argument for free trade: from Latin America
By Christopher Sabatini / chrissabatini /
This election has become the season of beating up on free trade. While the insecurity and anger that the argument has tapped into is real, reversing free trade will only strengthen the elite. It’s up to the people to bring it back and make it work for everyone.
Economics, Trade & Development
TPP and RCEP: are we witnessing a regional trade bloc war?
By Nicolás Albertoni Gomez and María Fernanda Pérez Argüello / N_Albertoni /
What does the trade war and the flurry of mega-trade agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)—the first excluding China, the second including China, but excluding the U.S.—mean for global trade and the future of the World Trade Organization?
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