We have reached the end of the series Trade War in the Americas. Over the course of five posts, we analyze how the new cycle of protectionism is reshaping global trade, revealing contradictions and weaknesses in countries that until now seemed integrated and strengthened.
But what do we learn from all this?
We learned that tariffs don’t protect — they distort.
That economic nationalism does not strengthen the economy — it suffocates it.
That deglobalization, sold as liberation, generates inflation, scarcity and uncertainty.
We learned that Brazil is still hostage to improvised diplomacy.
That Mexico suffers the costs of dependence disguised as integration.
That China responds with strategy, while the US acts with urgency.
And that the currency war is, perhaps, the most brutal of all: invisible, silent, permanent.
“Currency is the nerve of economic warfare.”
– Elian Verres
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