This article is about trade between Latin America and China. With the recent election of Trump into office, there are many mixed feelings circulating China on the other hand has been expanding their trading ports and have started a Belt and Road Initiative(BRI) China has now wanted to set up a megaport in Peru’s city, Chancay. It is said that… Read more »
With the recent win of Donald Trump for the presidential election, there are countries all over the world that are reacting to this situation differently. I know Japan’s Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba, was quite overly enthusiastic over the win of the presidential election. To no one’s surprise Vladimer Putin was also quite happy with this outcome and had even stated… Read more »
Biden and the President of China, Xi Jinping, have decided to meet with one another in Peru to talk about their rising tensions after the winning election of Trump. Especially after Trump had promised to slap tariffs that goes up to 60% on all chinese exports. The two had both discussed the war in Ukraine, the production of fentanyl in… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-pick-rubio-could-harden-oil-sanctions-iran-venezuela-2024-11-13/ Trump, the president-elect, has picked U.S. Senator Marco Rubio for the secretary of state. This action has implied that there could be stricter enforcement of oil sanctions on both Iran and Venezuela. However, rising concerns of retaliation by China could affect U.S. efforts. Rubio has been a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for quite… Read more »
The Chinese president, Xi Jinping launched a diplomatic blitz in South America by making a large port in Peru, hoping to expand trade, give jobs, and influence the continent. They are seeking Latin Americas agricultural goods and metals, and this will help them get what they want. It was 1.3 billion dollars and made China the largest trading partner in… Read more »
President Biden made a visit to Peru and Brazil to complete his international summits during his presidency. Bidens summit gave him the chance to meet with leaders he has been working with over the years for the last time as president, talking about climate issues, global infrastructure, and counter narcotic efforts. He believes that America’s allies are vital to their… Read more »
link to article Near the U.S. border, the Mexican National Guard fatally shot two Colombians and wounded four others during a confrontation. All of the victims, in a statement by the Colombian foreign ministry, were migrants who had been “caught in the crossfire.” It is unclear at the moment of the article being written if the migrants were migrants, but… Read more »
Link to article Caught in the middle of a sanctions cunadrum, a Turkish business man was arrested in Miami and charged with helping a Venezuela state-run oil company. The Turkish businessman, Taskin Torlak, who is 37, was arrested while attempting to return to Turkey. It is alleged that Toral, operated by several companies involved in the shipment of sanctioned oil,… Read more »
The US foreign affairs are going to be different now that Trump was elected to be the 47th president. Trump has already spoken to other countries, including Russia, when he spoke on the phone with Putin. They discussed the war in Ukraine where Trump supposedly advised Putin not to escalate the war in Ukraine. Trump is planning to find a… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/south-america-trump-already-losing-trade-battle-with-china-2024-11-11/ Peru, a South American country who is the world’s no. 2 copper exporter, has become the middle-man in the trade battle between the US and China. The incoming Donald Trump White House is going to find itself already on the losing side of this trade battle which is just a piece of the bigger power realignment… Read more »