bilaterals.org logo
bilaterals.org logo
  1. Negotiations

Americas


Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Latin America, the US and Canada.

last update: May 2012

Photo: rabble / CC BY-SA 2.0

Trump’s deals with Latin American countries advance Big Tech’s global agenda
22-Dec-2025     Public Citizen
Continuing the spree of trade agreements being negotiated by the Trump administration, November saw the announcement of four more agreements — with Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Guatemala.
Non-binding instruments in international economic diplomacy: A look at the US critical minerals deals
18-Dec-2025     EJIL: Talk!
The US critical minerals deals highlight the deepening turn to soft-law instruments in economic diplomacy. But they also coexist with binding trade agreements.
Critical minerals trade agreements put profits over human rights and the environment, warn 35+ organizations
10-Dec-2025     Public Citizen
Public Citizen joins 35 civil society, environmental, faith, and human rights organizations today in calling on the Trump administration to halt any ongoing negotiations on critical minerals agreements.
After UK deal, White House wants to get other countries to agree to pay more for drugs
3-Dec-2025     WGXA
The administration said it would pursue similar deals with other countries that have not yet locked in trade agreements with the US to correct a longstanding gripe Trump has had with wealthy European nations that he says pay too little for medicines.
Beyond tariffs Silicon Valley's war on digital sovereignty
28-Nov-2025     TNI
Trump’s consolidation with Silicon Valley signals a reconfiguration of digital political economy, where US trade policy, technological dominance, and data governance converge.
Between national engine and corporate plunder: the drift of Argentina´s Fiscal Oilfields YPF
24-Nov-2025     ISDS impacts
The YPF case exposes the inconsistencies of the international investment protection system, which enables large corporations to engage in predatory practices, creating severe macroeconomic problems for Argentina.
The tech taxes at the heart of Trump’s tariff war
19-Nov-2025     Politico
Foreign countries want to take a cut of the proceeds from digital services provided by American companies, and passed their own laws to do so... and now the US is using trade negotiations to pressure those governments into rolling them back.
White House agrees to lower tariffs on some goods from Latin America — including Argentinian beef
14-Nov-2025     Politico
The US announced new trade agreements with Argentina, Guatemala, El Salvador and Ecuador.
Trump announces Uzbekistan trade deal after hosting Central Asian leaders
7-Nov-2025     The Hill
President Trump announced a new trade deal across several sectors between Uzbekistan and the United States.
Trump’s secret trade deals with Malaysia and Cambodia revealed: Imperialist bullying on behalf of Big Tech, other corporate interests
30-Oct-2025     Public Citizen
An early review of the texts reveals new handouts to Big Tech and other corporate interests, with little to nothing that will help working people in the US.