European Union Files Suit Against Argentina
ARGENTINA- The European Union (EU) has filed a suit against Argentine trade restrictions to the World Trade Organization (WTO). EU officials cite difficulties with securing export licences and rules...
View ArticleIbero-American Summit Kicks Off in Spain
The 22nd Ibero-American summit will kick off later today, in Cádiz, Spain. Dignitaries from Latin America and Europe will gather to discuss the European economic crisis. Although a record delegation...
View ArticleChile: Social Movements Gather in Santiago Ahead of CELAC-EU Meeting
Over 500 social organisations and movements from Latin America and the Caribbean will participate in the Peoples’ Summit, that will kick off this Friday in Santiago. The representatives of these...
View ArticleArgentina to Challenge EU Over Biodiesel Tariffs
Transportation of Biodiesel (Photo: Nuno Morão) In response to the European Union’s decision to impose tariffs on Argentine biodiesel, which it considers is being sold at dumping prices, Argentina’s...
View ArticleWhat should the government do to help the biodiesel industry?
The European Union (EU), Argentina’s largest export market for biodiesel, has accused Argentina of selling its biofuel at an unfairly low price in the international market (dumping) making the EU’s...
View ArticleComplaint Lodged with WTO over EU Biodiesel Dumping Duties
Silos of soy in the fields of Junin. (Photo by Nicolás Lope de Barrios) The Government yesterday presented a claim to the World Trade Organisation to challenge dumping duties imposed on Argentine...
View ArticleLatin America News Roundup: 7th January 2014
Augusto Pinochet and his wife Lucía Hiriart (photo: Chilean Congress Library) Chile: A judge has ordered the arrest and prosecution of nine former members of the air force for the 1973 disappearance of...
View ArticleLatin America News Roundup: 29th April 2014
Cuba and the EU Begin Negotiations: Representatives from the Cuban government and the European Union will begin today the first of a round of negotiations in order to normalise relations between the...
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