Signed in January and February, the EU-Mercosur and US-Argentina agreements present different, yet complementary, characteristics. Their combination generates a circumstantial geopolitical controversy. In Argentina, for example, both agreements are currently vying for parliamentary ratification. While the Mercosur-EU agreement required 25 years of negotiations, the one signed between the US and Argentina took no more than a year and a half, defying the rule of Mercosur Council Decision 32/00,...

This year, the location of data centers will revolutionize geopolitics and regulatory compliance. The choice of site will catalyze various legal forces driven by the consumption of artificial intelligence. When data centers promise to be powered by renewable energy, the legal framework will become even more complex and open to debate. Multiple national interests are involved in the construction of a data center and are negotiated simultaneously across a range of legal disciplines such as real...

In 2021, researchers from the Federal Technological University of Paraná sparked a theoretical debate about whether technology transfers could overcome regulatory barriers before 2030 or whether, instead, they would complement the eventual production of electric cars in Brazil. On December 30, 2023, the federal government established the Green Mobility and Innovation Program, which offers tax incentives. A month later, the Brazilian Ministry of Development launched the ambitious “New...