Canning Insights

ICJ deals blow to Bolivia’s Morales in dispute with Chile

Hello USMCA

The story of water in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is a bit like the element itself: flexible, fast moving, intensely valuable yet sometimes viciously destructive; perhaps a little slippery to pin down and draw hard and fast conclusions. Across an important number of indicators the management of water in the region over the last few decades appears to have improved – for example, a greater proportion of the population now has access to clean drinking water. On the other hand there have been setbacks and the region faces big challenges. Past improvements will not necessarily continue in linear fashion. Climate change is an increasingly important issue, posing big challenges for water management. The trend towards more extreme weather means that the water problem is paradoxical. At the same time there is too much of it – floods – and too little – drought. Sometimes both happen in the same country in the same year.

Diplomatic conflict over Venezuela intensifies

What does Trump’s overhaul of Nafta mean for US-Mexico trade relations? Is the deal a good one for Mexico? What are the chances that the agreement will last in the long term? Gunther Baumgarten, from LatinNews, will give an overview of the bilateral deal reached by the Mexican and US governments.

On 20 September 2018, the Department for International Trade (DIT) and Canning House co-hosted a roundtable on the life sciences sector in Brazil. This event brought together businesses that had experience in, or had expressed an interest in exploring and investing in the life sciences market in Brazil. This document summarises that discussion.