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Latin America and the Caribbean in 2026: Ten defining questions for the year ahead
17 Dec 2025 14:22 GMT
… Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center
2026 could redefine Latin America and the … ’s institutions, and the Latin American region at large. Eight … monetary policy in the European Union (EU) and the United States … such as coffee and bananas; others are imported as …
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Cocaine beneath the bananas: How Balkan traffickers exploited Ecuador’s presidential supply chain
05 Dec 2025 20:13 GMT
… of fruit annually from Latin America to Europe. But as … important commercial hubs in Latin America. Reporters later confirmed that … common across Latin America’s fruit export industry.
The banana trade … Croatia, and the broader European Union, the case is both …
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Coffee, banana, cocoa get tariff reprieve under new Latin American trade deals
15 Nov 2025 15:00 GMT
… trade deals with four Latin American countries to lower tariffs … , such as coffee and bananas.
The administration outlined deals … items like coffee and bananas.
A senior administration official … major trading partners like the European Union, Canada, Japan and …
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Trump Secures New Trade Deal Frameworks in Europe and Latin America
15 Nov 2025 03:05 GMT
… Washington imposed on the European Union.
Trump justified his particularly … struck similar frameworks with four Latin American nations: Argentina, Ecuador, … tariffs will come off bananas,” a senior Trump … manner similar to the EU’s Digital Markets Act …
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Trump Administration Eyes Tariff Reductions and Market Access With Latin American Partners
14 Nov 2025 14:28 GMT
The Trump administration announced Thursday that it has reached new trade frameworks with Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Guatemala, aiming to expand market access for US companies and cut tariffs on key goods.
While the agreements are not yet final, …
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Trump to ease coffee and banana tariffs in Latin America trade deals
14 Nov 2025 01:34 GMT
… bananas will be lowered as part of trade deals with four Latin American … bananas as examples of imports from the four Latin American … four agreements with Latin American trading partners are … trade agreements with the European Union, South Korea, Japan, …
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'A Singularly Turbulent Time': Deeper uncertainty in store for global economy
20 Dec 2025 08:05 GMT
… tariffs on beef, tomatoes, bananas, coffee and other groceries, … and domestic pressures, the European Union has enormous difficulty carrying … , for example, the EU delayed a vote on … foreign disinformation campaigns. In Latin America's largest economy, …
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Romania hits €150 per 100kg as EU banana prices shift
21 Nov 2025 13:11 GMT
EU banana wholesale prices week 46:
Average wholesale prices for bananas from Latin America … and the Caribbean showed mixed movements across European Union … agriculture.ec.europa.eu.go
Frontpage photo: © EU Commission
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UK banana import prices down 16% in early November
11 Nov 2025 00:40 GMT
… 0.90 previously. Costa Rican bananas averaged £0.86 per kilogram … .GOV
Click to enlarge EU-origin bananas, which account for a … week. The overall UK banana import average now stands at … , with seasonal shifts in Latin America coinciding with lower demand across …
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Latin American banana associations urge supermarkets to make real commitments
24 Sep 2025 20:57 GMT
Major banana producer and exporter associations from Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Peru, and the Dominican Republic have issued a joint statement expressing their concern about the sourcing policies of European supermarkets, which they claim …