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Focus on investment, not on development aid. Investment will dominate the agenda when European Union leaders meet their Latin American counterparts in Santiago de Chile this...

A recent US ruling has dramatically raised the stakes of sovereign default and bankruptcy. Any economic slowdown increases debt burdens, whether for households or for states....

The EU and Argentina have both asked the world trade body for rulings. The European Union and Argentina today (6 December) asked the World Trade Organization to issue rulings...

In Argentina, the number of pesos needed to buy one dollar rose by more than 300%. Policymakers in Europe seem to be surprised at the ongoing bank run in Greece (and the...

Trade commissioner says Latin American country's import restrictions are hurting businesses in the EU. The European Union today launched a challenge before the World Trade...

Trade commissioner warns against protectionism in Latin America. Karel De Gucht, the European commissioner for trade, has said that the European Union will soon take measures...

And what a depressing film it makes The only thing worse than a terrible movie is a terrible movie that we have already seen. By nationalising the oil giant YPF, Argentina...

The EU working hand-in-glove with the Spanish government. As expected, the European Union's foreign ministers rallied to the Spanish standard on Monday (23 April), condemning...

Retaliation will not work with a government like Argentina's. Yet again Europe finds itself in the unenviable position of having to develop strategies to deal with a populist...

Argentine government re-nationalises oil firm. The European Union is being pressed by Spain to retaliate against Argentina after the  government in Buenos Aires...

Barroso 'disappointed' at Argentina's decision to nationalise oil company. José Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission, has said that he is...

Mercosur trade talks to take place in Uruguay next week. The European Union and Mercosur, South America's main trading bloc, will seek to move closer to an association...

Trade commissioner critical of Argentina and Brazil. Karel De Gucht, the European commissioner for trade, has criticised Argentina and Brazil for introducing what he...

The Greek crisis looks like a re-run of an earlier, frightening sovereign-debt crisis. Once upon a time, there was a country plagued by large deficits, high inflation, and...

Farmers in many member states unhappy at trade talks. The relaunch last May of EU trade negotiations with Mercosur – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay – displeased...

Livestock farmers face feed shortages; US to increase cultivation of GM soyabeans. The EU is under pressure to lift its ‘zero-tolerance' policy for unauthorised...

Before the 2006 World Cup even began, the contest was caught up in political controversy. Twice in the last few weeks, a contingent of MEPs has tried to prevent first the...

Since 1995, Mercosur and the EU have been holding talks aimed at creating what would be, with a total population of 680 million people, the world's largest free trade area....

The World Trade Organization has just ruled for Argentina, Canada, and the US in a case against the EU moratorium on genetically modified crops. This does not sweep away all...

With 148 members, each with equal voting rights, the World Trade Organization (WTO) is both democratic and unwieldy. Officials from India boast about how they alone, a single...