Mending Fences With Brazil

President Cristina Fernández's meeting with her Brazilian counterpart Luis Inacio Lula da Silva in mid-November seems to have brought at least some calm to the trade dispute between the two countries, with both countries recognising some 'irregularities' vis-à-vis WTO rules. Tensions have arisen as a result of Argentina's imposition of so called non-automatic import licenses on Brazilian products, which triggered a retaliatory move by the north-eastern neighbour. The two Presidents agreed to speed up the provision of import licences to a maximum of 60 days in 2010, which is significantly faster than the 180 days that the Brazilian government has

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