United States

• Wednesday, December 9th 2015 - 08:17 UTC

  Malcorra does not discard a trade agreement with US; Obama could visit Argentina next year

  

  Argentina's foreign minister-designate Susana Malcorra said the FTAA (Free Trade Area Of the Americas) is not a bad word suggesting the country could eventually sign a free trade deal with the United States in the future. She also referred to the Falklands/Malvinas dispute, “an urgent claim” but focusing on things in common and “not differences”.

• Monday, December 7th 2015 - 07:03 UTC

  'A great number of US corporations will be reinvesting in Argentina', forecasts ambassador Mamet

  

  United States ambassador to Argentina, Noah Mamet, in a lengthy interview with the La Nacion daily, praised the election of Mauricio Macri and figures of his cabinet and stressed that the US government was anxious to begin working together.

• Sunday, December 6th 2015 - 12:36 UTC

  U.S. manufacturing contracts for the first time in three years, a survey shows

  

  United States manufacturing activity contracted for the first time in three years in November under pressure from falling energy prices, the stronger dollar and slowing global growth, a survey shows.

• Saturday, December 5th 2015 - 06:42 UTC

  Positive US jobs data paves the way for the Fed to raise interest rates

  

  US jobs growth remained solid in November as the economy added 211,000 jobs, slightly above expectations. The data, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, also showed the jobless rate held at its seven-and-a-half year low of 5%. Construction, food services and retail sectors all saw healthy job increases.

• Thursday, December 3rd 2015 - 08:11 UTC

  Macri names ambassadors to Washington and Montevideo

  

  President-elect Mauricio Macri named ambassador to Washington and Montevideo. Lawmaker Martín Lousteau will be Argentina's next ambassador in the US. He will replace Cecilia Nahón, who submitted her resignation on Monday. The appointment was decided after a meeting Lousteau held with the new cabinet chief Marcos Peña and the future Foreign Affairs Minister Susana Malcorra, a Let’s Change statement affirmed.

• Friday, November 27th 2015 - 11:22 UTC

  Obama on the phone with Macri; interest in expanding trade and energy ties

  

  United States President Barack Obama congratulated Argentine president-elect Mauricio Macri on his victory in the runoff in a phone call, according to a brief release from the White House.

• Friday, November 27th 2015 - 07:43 UTC

  US gaining influence in Caricom: signs US$ 165m in development assistance

  

  The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) signed in Guyana, this week, agreements that will see countries of the eastern and southern Caribbean benefiting from US$165 million in development assistance.

• Thursday, November 26th 2015 - 07:31 UTC

  U.S. economy picks up in third quarter but down from same period in 2014

  

  The U.S. economy grew at a slightly faster pace in recent months than first thought, as businesses restocked their goods. U.S. Commerce Department said the world's largest economy advanced 2.1% in the July-to-September period, up from an initial estimate of 1.5%.

• Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 13:56 UTC

  Biggest pharmaceutical deal in history criticized by US political presidential hopefuls

  

  US drugs giant Pfizer has sealed a deal to buy Botox-maker Allergan for $160bn in what is the biggest pharmaceuticals deal in history. The takeover could allow Pfizer to escape relatively high US corporate tax rates by moving its headquarters to Allergan's Dublin base.

• Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 11:29 UTC

  Venezuelan military involved in cocaine transport, claims New York Attorney Office

  

  The latest developments in the drug trafficking case with relatives of Venezuela’s first lady Cilia Flores indicate that the Venezuelan military is involved in transporting cocaine to Haiti for trans-shipment into the US.