Section
Trade
What the region sells and to whom — commodities, China and the trade blocs.
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01
The Commodity Question
The region's blessing and curse — copper, soy, oil, coffee and now lithium; the boom-and-bust of commodity cycles and the long dream of moving up the value chain. Analysis · 8 min -
02
The Lithium Triangle
The salt flats of Argentina, Chile and Bolivia hold much of the world's lithium — the new commodity, the electric-vehicle demand, and the argument over who gets rich from it. Analysis · 5 min -
03
China and the Region
How China became Latin America's great trade partner — the commodities it buys, the infrastructure it builds, and what the relationship costs and pays. Analysis · 5 min -
04
Trade Blocs and the Pacific
Mercosur and the Pacific Alliance — the two models of Latin American integration, the Atlantic protectionists against the Pacific free-traders, and why the region trades so little with itself. Analysis · 5 min