Participants:
The Banker has polled a select group of economists about Latin America’s prospects and threats, as the global discourse over trade and international relations takes unprecedented turns and reshapes itself around new drivers. Participants discussed the improved outlook of Brazil and Argentina, Mexico’s North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) scare, the potential spread of the Pacific Alliance principles and rules to others in the region, beyond the trade bloc’s current members of Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico, infrastructure shortfalls, as well as the ever-growing influence of China on Latin American trade.