Comments on: Latin America: Progress and Crisis 2008-2009 http://latinamerica.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/12/19/latin-america-progress-and-crisis-2008-2009/ The World Affairs Blog Network Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:31:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Richard Basas http://latinamerica.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/12/19/latin-america-progress-and-crisis-2008-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-4261 Richard Basas Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:47:28 +0000 http://latinamerica.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/12/19/latin-america-progress-and-crisis-2008-2009/#comment-4261 For sources I suggest you look at the main page of my blog and see the sidebar for trade sources there. There are quite a few. Outside Latin America, EU, China and India might be one of the biggest trading partners in the future. In Latin America, due to sheer size, Brazil or possibly Mexico with some further development. There would have to be a major policy shift and FTAA or bilateral trader agreement to produce a Latin American nation or group of nations as a US main trading partner. See NAFTA, as Canada and Mexico have large trade ties with the US. For sources I suggest you look at the main page of my blog and see the sidebar for trade sources there. There are quite a few. Outside Latin America, EU, China and India might be one of the biggest trading partners in the future. In Latin America, due to sheer size, Brazil or possibly Mexico with some further development. There would have to be a major policy shift and FTAA or bilateral trader agreement to produce a Latin American nation or group of nations as a US main trading partner. See NAFTA, as Canada and Mexico have large trade ties with the US.

]]> By: Latin America » Blog Archive » Banks, Industry and Society: Informal Contracts and the Credit Crisis http://latinamerica.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/12/19/latin-america-progress-and-crisis-2008-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-4258 Latin America » Blog Archive » Banks, Industry and Society: Informal Contracts and the Credit Crisis Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:32:09 +0000 http://latinamerica.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/12/19/latin-america-progress-and-crisis-2008-2009/#comment-4258 [...] The World Bank and IMF were addressed, as a constant debate in developing nations became a catalyst in the current situation. In the past, economic conditions that forced many countries into an economic system of development to secure loans were seen as forcing the allowance of poverty through savings. With some successes, many countries' small growth were dissipated with a recent hit from developed nations which either never took their donated policies seriously, or were irresponsible in forcing and international financial system that leads to crisis rather than growth over time. This perspective is not new in the developing world, and with many countries either finally producing some growth, paying back loans, and even becoming economic powerhouses, sacrifices by developing nations and their losses coming from abroad. [...] [...] The World Bank and IMF were addressed, as a constant debate in developing nations became a catalyst in the current situation. In the past, economic conditions that forced many countries into an economic system of development to secure loans were seen as forcing the allowance of poverty through savings. With some successes, many countries' small growth were dissipated with a recent hit from developed nations which either never took their donated policies seriously, or were irresponsible in forcing and international financial system that leads to crisis rather than growth over time. This perspective is not new in the developing world, and with many countries either finally producing some growth, paying back loans, and even becoming economic powerhouses, sacrifices by developing nations and their losses coming from abroad. [...]

]]> By: Renee http://latinamerica.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/12/19/latin-america-progress-and-crisis-2008-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-4218 Renee Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:47:34 +0000 http://latinamerica.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/12/19/latin-america-progress-and-crisis-2008-2009/#comment-4218 I am doing a paper on who I think will be America's leading trade partner in 2050. I am doing it on Latin America. Do you have any resources I might be able to use to support this? Renee I am doing a paper on who I think will be America's leading trade partner in 2050. I am doing it on Latin America. Do you have any resources I might be able to use to support this?

Renee

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