2025 Latin American Economic Outlook: Four Structural Trends and Regional Resilience
Latin America's economy is expected to grow 2.5% in 2025, the slowest among global emerging markets. Trump's return to the White House is the biggest uncertainty, with Mexico bearing the brunt; climate change triggers power grid collapses, agricultural losses, and shipping disruptions; organized crime erodes the business environment; plummeting birth rates threaten long-term growth. At the same time, however, Argentina's recovery and resource potential offer hope.
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The Americas have never been monolithic. While North America dominates the global stage through technology and finance, Latin America is becoming a strategic variable in the restructuring of global supply chains by virtue of its critical minerals, energy resources, and population scale. This article moves beyond a single-country perspective to reassess the region's growth potential over the next five to ten years from the dimensions of regional synergy and industrial upgrading.
The SADC Industrialization Week in southern Africa is driving resource-rich countries to move from mining to manufacturing, and Tanzania's case highlights the leveraging role of critical mineral processing, agricultural value addition, and infrastructure synergy. This article argues that Latin America is also at a historic juncture of transitioning from resource-based economies, but it needs to go beyond bilateral trade and shift toward regional value chains and production networks in order to escape export dependence. Over the next five years, countries that master processing links and establish implementation discipline will occupy a more advantageous position in the global energy transition.
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