análisis por jdiaz

El 26 y 27 de mayo 2025, se llevó a cabo en Kuala Lumpur, Malasia, la primera reunión tripartita entre la ASEAN, China y el Consejo de Cooperación del Golfo (CCG). Algunos de estos países forman parte de más de un organismo mini lateral (véase Cuadro 1). La suma de todas las economías es un producto interior bruto (PIB) de 24,87 billones de dólares y una población de unos 2.150 millones de habitantes, En este artículo se revisarán los puntos más relevantes de la cumbre y delinear el posible rol qué podría desempeñar la nueva alianza en la guerra comercial entre China y EEUU, las tensiones geopolíticas derivadas del golpe de Estado en Myanmar y la agenda común para la próxima cumbre de los BRICS en julio.

The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) are various scenarios of global socioeconomic changes projected by the IPCC up to 2100. These scenarios are structured around five different narratives representing possible socioeconomic evolution paths: Sustainable Development, Regional Competition, Rising Inequality, Fossil Fuel Dependency, and Moderate Development. This article will describe these pathways and what they mean.

In October 2008, following the instability and uncertainty caused by the U.S. financial crisis, the central banks of Brazil and Argentina signed a payment agreement in local currency. This was later extended to Mercosur countries. Since then, this mechanism has been replicated and extended by the BRICS. This article will analyze the alternatives that have arisen due to the instability of the dollar and the sanctions imposed by the US on 26 countries. It is an alternative to using the dollar as a means of payment and as a reserve unit.

On 29 April 2025, the Bureau of Economic Activity published that in the first quarter of the year, the US economy contracted by 0.3% as a result of the new tariffs. On the same date, the White House decided to relax tariff measures on the auto industry. The problem is that trade flows and global auto production are not overwhelmingly American. The advantages of the T-MEC and imports from Asia, both more than three decades old, cannot be reversed in a couple of years

On 2 April 2025, President Trump announced his policy of reciprocal tariffs. The term “reciprocal” implies others have tariffs against US goods, which is mistaken and misleading. Its fiscal problem is home made. Non the less, he imposed a universal base tariff of 10%, including on products within free trade agreements (such as the one with Chile and Peru), and imposed higher rates on some countries, such as China. Although the US Government paused the entry into force of the latter for 90 days -some time in May- the region's main economies have reacted. This article will discuss the different measures taken by Brazil, Argentina and Mexico.