Topic: Navigating Latin American Growth in the Face of Trade Policy Uncertainty

Speaker: John Price, Managing Director of Americas Market Intelligence

Presentation: 
John Price, a 30+ year veteran of Latin American market intelligence will walk us through his analysis and forecast of Latin America for 2025/6, taking into account:
- The impact on Latin America of Washington-authored trade policy disruption, both directly with the region as well as the ripple effects of US-China and US-Europe tariff disputes. 
- The anticipated charm offensive by China in Latin America to exploit deteriorating US relations in the region 
- The opportunities to be born from the soon to commence EU-Mercosur trade agreement
- The changing political landscape in Latin America which is shifting rightward and libertarian in an attempt to attract more investment
- The revival of Argentina as an investment destination
 - The positive turnaround of Brazil’s economic prospects
- The challenging year ahead in Mexico
-  Five medium term (3-10 years) growth stories in Latin America

Speaker’s bio:
John Price is a veteran of Latin America market consulting and one of the leading public speakers and thought leaders in the region. Whether addressing audiences in English or Spanish, John’s consulting and academic background delivers both a deep understanding of the trends impacting Latin American and Caribbean markets as well as rich anecdotal content built on 4,000 consulting engagements in the region since 1993.

John has published over 100 articles on Latin American business trends and maintains a column in the region’s largest circulated English language magazine, Latin Trade. In 2007, John Price co-wrote and co-edited “Can Latin America Compete?”, which was published by Palgrave. John teaches as an adjunct professor at Florida International University and a guest lecturer at the University of Miami.

John is a former board member of Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos, a LatAm orphanage network and an active board member of the Canadian Council of the Americas. He is also a keen supporter of El Techo, an innovative charity that builds sturdy homes in Latin American slums. John is a BComm graduate (1988) from Queen’s University in Canada. He is fluent in English and Spanish and somewhat conversant in German, French and Portuguese.