“Esta retirada de [Estados Unidos en América Latina] ha creado un vacío que otros países como China están claramente interesados en llenar”, apunta Eric Farnsworth de AS/COA.

The Trump administration must pursue negotiations that yield mutual benefits, writes AS/COA’s Chairman Emeritus William R. Rhodes for Financial Times' beyondbrics.

"A more insular United States may push Latin American countries to seek greater trade with each other," points out AS/COA's Brian Winter.

Negotiators were in Buenos Aires through March 24 to advance a deal 18 years in the making.

The two regions trade more than $230 billion each year—a figure that could go up if the United States takes a protectionist turn.