China paves path for South America's break from US

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China paves path for South America's break from US

South America’s largest trading bloc, Mercosur (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay), recently inked a comprehensive free trade deal with the European Union after more than 20 years of negotiations. The deal now awaits ratification and implementation. On the other side of the Andes, Chile is negotiating a comprehensive economic partnership with India, the world’s fourth-largest economy. Meanwhile, American trade policy […] The post China paves …

‘The United States and Tacna Arica’ by Ella Wolfe from The Communist. Vol. 6 No. 2. April, 1927.

Wolfe provides a useful background on the beginnings if U.S. imperial dominance of South America after World War One with a look at investments in, and political intrigue for control of, the Bolivia/Chile/Peru border region. ‘The United States and Tacna Arica’ by Ella Wolfe from The Communist. Vol. 6 No. 2. April, 1927. AMERICAN imperialism […]

China paves path for South America’s break from US - Other News - Voices against the tide

By John R Bawden* – Asia Times South America diversifying trade away from a protectionist US, a trend set in train by win-win trade ties with China South America’s largest trading bloc, Mercosur (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay), recently inked a comprehensive free trade deal with the European Union after more than 20 years of negotiations. The deal now awaits ratification and implementation. On the other side of the Andes, Chile is negotia…