Washington's credit swap line to Argentina "is part of the geopolitical competition with China," said the AS/COA vice president to National Public Radio.
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"It would be a mistake to assume that the historical aversion to Uncle Sam's heavy hand has disappeared," writes AS/COA's Brian Winter in The NY Times.
"President Trump had some very strong views on this election and he made them known," said the AS/COA vice president to the broadcast news outlet.
Este es un momento "de confrontación psicológica muy prominente por parte de Estados Unidos", dice el editor general de Americas Quarterly.
"El comercio y la inversión son y serán aún más clave en esta relación", escribe Susan Segal de AS/COA en La Nación.
"All of this may produce a backlash against the U.S. over the medium term," said AS/COA's Brian Winter to The Observer.