Stories for November 2018

Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 19:22 UTC
Consensus or Chaos in the G20 Communiqué?

By Scott Squires (*)“This article was originally published on the Argentina newsletter The Essential, by The Bubble News Inc. on November 29, 2018”. Ahead of any diplomatic summit, staffers, organizers and aides put in the countless hours of thankless grunt work necessary to make international diplomacy happen.
Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 17:53 UTC
No talks with Putin at G-20 over Crimea tensions, says Trump enroute to Argentina

US President Donald Trump Thursday shocked the world as he announced he would not be meeting one-on-one with his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin during the G-20 Summit in Buenos Aires due to the escalating military crisis in Crimea.
Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 11:12 UTC
Cannabis-based meds plant opens in Uruguay

ICC Labs Inc., a subsidiary of Canada’s Aurora Cannabis Inc., opened Wednesday in Montevideo and became the subcontinent's first producer of cannabis-derived pharmaceuticals with a capacity “to supply almost the entire South American continent,” according to the company's CEO Alejandro Antalich.
Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 09:30 UTC
World leaders fly to Buenos Aires for G20, but little consensus for a final declaration

United States President Donald Trump jets into Argentina on Thursday for a G20 summit, keen to do battle with China on trade and sharpening his rhetoric against Russia over Ukraine. The weekend summit is confronted with increasingly dire warnings, by the International Monetary Fund among others, of the potential harm faced by the world economy from Trump's trade wars.
Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 09:27 UTC
G 20 summit: Buenos Aires residents invited to leave the city Thursday afternoon for a long weekend

Argentina has launched a massive security operation to try to ensure a calm meeting of the leaders of the G20 bloc of nations in Buenos Aires, calling a national bank holiday on Friday and shutting down the city’s main business district.
Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 09:23 UTC
Trump favors imposing tariffs to protect US auto industry; EU ready to react with retaliation tariffs

President Donald Trump on Wednesday indicated he favours imposing import tariffs to protect the US auto industry, which was rocked by this week's announcement of job cuts at General Motors. In two tweets, the president said that extending tariffs already in place for foreign-built small trucks to the car sector would help domestic manufacturers.
Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 09:21 UTC
Sir Alan Duncan praises agreement on Falklands' second commercial link with the region

Foreign Office minister for the Americas, Sir Alan Duncan praised as historic the UK/Argentina agreement on a second commerical flight between the Falklands and the region.
Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 08:35 UTC
Bank of England warnings on a no-deal Brexit: recession and plunging pound

A no-deal Brexit could send the pound plunging and trigger a worse recession than the financial crisis, the Bank of England has warned. It said the UK economy could shrink by 8% in the immediate aftermath if there was no transition period, while house prices could fall by almost a third. The Bank of England also warned the pound could fall by a quarter.
Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 08:31 UTC
Brazil withdraws its offer to host UN conference on climate change next year

Brazil has withdrawn its offer to host a large U.N. conference on climate change next year, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, leading environmental groups to question the government's commitment to reducing carbon emissions.
Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 08:23 UTC
China/Argentina closer links; Beijing to finance the country's fourth nuclear power plant

Argentina and China are aiming to close a deal within days for the construction of the country's fourth nuclear power plant, a multi-billion dollar project that would cement Beijing’s deepening influence in a key regional U.S. ally.