The Asian country inked a free-trade agreement with Colombia nearly a year after its deal with Peru FTA went into effect. Potential exists for accords with Costa Rica and Mexico.
South American leaders head to Equatorial Guinea this week to talk trade with their African counterparts.
"Mexico’s prospects look better now than they have in decades," writes Americas Society Board Member Antonio Garza.
Beyond security cooperation, the United States and Mexico should deepen cross-border trade, argues a San Diego Union-Tribune op-ed co-authored by AS/COA Chairman John Negroponte.
While Santiago hosted leaders from Latin America and Europe, Chile’s president took the opportunity to sign a series of smaller, more concrete accords.
Hemispheric summits should return to an economic focus with substantive benefits for participating countries, writes AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth for Current History.
In an article for World Politics Review, AS/COA’s Christopher Sabatini identifies four initiatives to lay the groundwork for the United States to deepen ties with Latin America.