James Grainger

3 days ago | batimes.com.ar | Josh Wingrove |Alicia Diaz |Alicia Díaz |James Grainger

The Trump administration’s first trade talks involve an eclectic mix of major exporters and smaller economies, as the White House looks to rack up agreements that could serve as models for other negotiations. US President Donald Trump’s team has set a list of roughly 20 partners as the focus of early negotiations, people familiar with the matter said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The Office of the US Trade Representative has briefed lawmakers on the targets, the people said.

5 days ago | batimes.com.ar | Tomás Viola |James Grainger

"Why did Milei win?" asks the title of one of the talks at the Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires International Book Fair). This year’s edition of the fair – the 49th – has been flooded with publications trying to make sense of the Milei phenomenon, which has shaken up Argentina ever since the ultra-liberal president took office in December 2023.

6 days ago | batimes.com.ar | Manuela Tobias |James Grainger

Argentina’s Congress rejected a bill authored by President Javier Milei Wednesday, leaving open the possibility that former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner could again run for the nation’s top office. Senators voted for the bill 36 votes to 35, just short of the 37 needed to pass, with no abstentions, after the lower house approved the same bill in February.

1 week ago | batimes.com.ar | Ignacio Olivera Doll |James Grainger

Cracks are starting to appear as Javier Milei removes the distortions that once characterised Argentina’s economy, hurting companies that bulked up on debt by exploiting exchange rate gaps. The President in the past 16-plus months implemented sweeping changes, enforcing cuts to public works and generous subsidies for utilities. He most recently removed the currency controls that governed the peso for years.

1 week ago | batimes.com.ar | James Grainger |James Grainger

Germany's new Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday EU countries should "quickly" ratify a free-trade deal with four South American nations that has met with staunch opposition from France. Twenty-five years in the making, the deal to create a 700-million-customer free-trade area was clinched last December by the European Commission – but still needs to be signed by member states and the EU parliament.