Trump's Aggressiveness Toward Mexico Could Be Good for Everyone But the U.S.
Trump's Aggressiveness Toward Mexico Could Be Good for Everyone But the U.S.
"A more insular United States may push Latin American countries to seek greater trade with each other," points out AS/COA's Brian Winter.
It's not going be easy. But with President Donald Trump digging in his heels on his misguided antipathy to international trade, Latin American countries may have little choice but to look toward one another for greater commercial integration.
Indeed, it may be an opportunity, even if an awkward one, for the region's largest economies to begin looking at one another more as allies than as rivals.
Already, Mexico has entered talks with Argentina and Brazil for a possible deal on duty-free corn imports, a preemptive response to the Trump administration's promise to rip up the North America Free Trade Agreement and to impose tariffs on goods produced in Mexico….
Brian Winter, the editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly, also believes "a more insular United States may push Latin American countries to seek greater trade with each other…."
