Peru and South America have achieved benefits with the expansion of trade flows, but there would be competitive weakness in two of their emblematic products: rice and potato. It was analyzed how competitive Peru and South America are in the production of rice and potatoes, using the revealed comparative advantage method, finding that the Relative Trade Balance (BCR) is less than 0 for both products in Peru being a net importer of both products (BCR potato -0.859 and rice -0.891) and less than 1 for South America, the BCR of potato -0.375 classifies it as a net importer and that of rice (0.280) shows a slight export trend. It is concluded that neither South America nor Peru is competitive in these crops, although some countries in South America export rice (Uruguay) and potato (Chile and Argentina). The results of the revealed competitiveness indicators determine those Peruvian potatoes and rice are not competitive products at the international trade level. Exports are not significant, which indicates that production is basically directed to the domestic market. While competitiveness as a region in relation to the world is also considered low, countries must import these products to satisfy their demand, it is only Uruguay that presents a better level of openness to international trade.

Las perspectivas de crecimiento de la economía mundial no son positivas y se han mantenido bajas en los últimos meses. Esto ha generado una creciente incertidumbre entre los consumidores, inversionistas y gobiernos, y se ha traducido en un menor grado de consumo e inversión, entre otras consecuencias. El objetivo del presente artículo es determinar la influencia de una posible e inminente recesión en el precio de los metales, en un entorno globalizado. La metodología consistió en una recopilación de datos provenientes de fuentes secundarias. El principal hallazgo es que aunque los gobiernos han aplicado múltiples medidas para estimular la economía en tiempos de recesión, la inflación, la depreciación del euro, la apreciación del dólar, la menor demanda de metales y los aranceles, entre otros sucesos fortuitos, han repercutido negativamente en el precio de los metales.