AJOT Digital Edition #632

Latin America has two different views on trade and not surprisingly, two competing trading blocs: Mercosur represents the older trade bloc while the Pacific Alliance is a newer regional trade agreement. In many respects, the struggle between these two trade groups epitomizes the economic challenges of the entire region.

Prior to the shock Brexit referendum vote in June which saw a small majority of UK voters opting to leave the European Union, things were moving steadily forward for the ratification process to start in earnest this fall of a historic Canada-EU free trade agreement.