Americas Act News Today

May 21, 2024 // The recent growing Chinese influence across the Americas is met with several proposals for how the U.S. can best counter this influence.

No rational Argentinian politician would risk China’s substantial investments but US offers of free trade to Latin America and steelmaker complaints about cheap Chinese imports threaten to turn the tide.

Here's how the business community thinks about the Americas Act, which intends to bolster U.S. trade and investment ties in the Americas.

The four of us represent different regions across the country. But we all know that the U.S. must help develop our hemisphere for more substantial and lasting cooperation.

The Americas Act signals a critical bipartisan step toward improving hemispheric affairs and reinvigorating the Americas' importance within U.S. foreign policy.

Today, Costa Rica’s biggest category of exports is no longer coffee or bananas but medical devices.

North Americans used to think of China as a place to do business and Latin America as a place to vacation.

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau revealed that Mexico overtook China for the first time in 20 years to become America’s top source of imports.

If the U.S. fails to embrace free and fair trade in the Americas, China will take advantage of the leadership vacuum our country leaves behind.

In Forum remarks, AS/COA Vice President Eric Farnsworth discussed the Central American country's economic potential.