How South American ports are adapting to the US tariff war

Port of Valparaiso in Chile and other West Coast Latin American ports are seeing an upsaurge in cargo and rates out of Asia are skyrocketing as a result. Courtesy of Sérgio_Schmiegelow.

The United States’ adoption of sweeping tariff measures has disrupted traditional trade alignments, particularly affecting Latin America’s trade-dependent economies.



South American countries now face a pivotal strategic choice: whether to maintain close ties with the unpredictable US market, pivot towards China, or embrace regional and interregional diversification. Ports, as critical nodes of international trade, are directly influenced by these decisions.

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