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Tracking Trump and Latin America: Trade—Reciprocal Tariff Rates Announced | AS/COA

2 months ago | as-coa.org

What does the U.S. president's “America First” trade policy mean for the region? AS/COA is monitoring the new administration's approach.
LatAm in Focus: Trade and Tensions—Latin America Braces for Trump's Tariffs | AS/COA

2 months ago | as-coa.org

Ahead of April 2, trade expert Kellie Meiman Hock explains the motivators behind the shift in U.S. trade policy and what tariffs mean for the region.
Tracking Trump and Latin America: Trade—Tariffs on Countries Importing Venezuelan Oil | AS/COA

2 months ago | as-coa.org

What does the U.S. president's “America First” trade policy mean for the region? AS/COA is monitoring the new administration's approach.
In Mexico, the Push for a National Care System Is Gaining Momentum

2 months ago | as-coa.org | Carin Zissis

As Mexico faces tariff threats and stagnant growth, "closing the workforce gap represents an economic opportunity," writes AS/COA's Carin Zissis in WPR. At the heart of unpaid care work in Mexico lies a paradox: The labor sustains the economy, even as it creates barriers to women joining the workforce.
AS/COA Insider: Eric Farnsworth on Trump's Tariffs on Canada and Mexico | AS/COA

Mar 4, 2025 | as-coa.org

This "is a rethinking of what trade really is and the importance of it to the United States," said the AS/COA vice president.
Tracking Trump and Latin America: Trade—Tariffs on Canada and Mexico Go into Effect | AS/COA

Mar 4, 2025 | as-coa.org

What does the U.S. president's “America First” trade policy mean for the region? AS/COA is monitoring the new administration's approach.
2025 Elections in Latin America and Canada: A Preview

Jan 8, 2025 | as-coa.org | Chase Harrison

The world enters 2025 with shifted North American leadership. President-elect Donald Trump readies to take office in the United States. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation days into the new year. And Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum hits 100 days in office on January 9. They will be joined by new leaders across the hemisphere, as four countries—Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Honduras—will pick presidents in 2025. Will new faces emerge?
Latin America Is About to Become a Priority for U.S. Foreign Policy

Dec 9, 2024 | as-coa.org | Brian Winter

"Trump's top domestic priorities depend heavily on policy toward Latin America," writes AS/COA's Brian Winter in Foreign Affairs. While traveling throughout Latin America in recent years, visitors heard the same refrain: Washington isn’t paying enough attention to the region. Business leaders, academics, and politicians on both the left and the right agreed that the United States lacked a clear strategy for engagement and was losing influence and economic opportunities, especially to China.
Remarks to the Peruvian Congress: Expanding Trade, Promoting Development, Growing Together

Nov 25, 2024 | as-coa.org | Eric Farnsworth

To take the case I know best, that is, the bilateral trade relationship with the United States. Peru shows the potential for what openness to the world can truly do. The U.S.-Peru trade promotion agreement has been in effect for some 15 years.
Nos guste o no, Donald Trump prestará atención a América Latina

Nov 8, 2024 | as-coa.org | Brian Winter

"Es probable que la región se convierta en una prioridad mucho mayor", escribe Brian Winter de AS/COA en revista Semana. "Estados Unidos no le presta suficiente atención a América Latina". En los últimos años, de hecho, en las últimas décadas, este ha sido un lamento común, que se ha escuchado en todas partes, desde Bogotá hasta Brasilia, desde la Ciudad de México hasta el propio Washington. Pero en una segunda presidencia de Donald Trump, esta afirmación puede cambiar.