1 94 China , theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation trilateralrelations.PartIofferscomparativestudiesofthe EU and Chinas foreignpolicytowardsLatin AmericaandthelattersresponsetotheirLatin Americanpolicy.PartII focusesonthetransregionalcooperationbetweenthe SouthernCommon Market ( MERCOSUR ) and China , as wellastheEU , respectively.InPartIII , thedifferentperspectivesofChina , theEUandLatin America with regard toissues of energy security and climate change are analysed.PartIV providessomefutureorientedthinkingontheprospectsof trilateralcooperationanditsinfluenceonmultilateralism.Overall , thisvolumeis aimedatunderstandingthedynamicsoftrilateralcooperationinthecontextofa pressingglobalagendaandincreasinglyclosetiesbetween Chinaand Latin America. 1.犖犲狑犈狓狆犲狉犻犲狀犮犲狊狅犳犛狅狌狋犺犖狅狉狋犺犪狀犱犛狅狌狋犺犛狅狌狋犺犆狅狅狆犲狉犪狋犻狅狀 EnhancingSouthSouthcooperationhasbeenastrategicchoiceforemerging powerssuchasChinaandBraziltoexplorethepotentialofeconomicglobalisationsince theriseofmajordevelopingcountrieshaschangedthelayoutoftheworldeconomy. MostLatin Americancountrieshaveintegratedthemselves wellinthe world economy , especiallytheSouthAmericancountrieswithdiversifiedandbalanced traderelationsworldwide.Chinais , inthisregard , anattractivechoicefor them ; moreover , closertieswithChinahavehelpedthemtosomeextenttodeal withtheworldeconomicrecessionsince2008.Atthesametime , theEUasa traditionalpartnerstillmaintainsstrongandcomprehensivelinkageswithLatin America. Against this background , comparing the SinoLatin American relationshipwiththeEULatinAmericanrelationshipmightbehelpfulforboth ChinaandtheEUintheireffortstolearnhowtobuildupanddeepenthose relationships. 1.1 EULatinAmericanRelationship Accordingto Maihold ( Chapter1 ), the performanceofthe EULatin Americanrelationshipislowerthanitspotentialandthusmuch moreeffort shouldbeputintoit.SomenewEU memberslackofpoliticalwillingnessto engagewithLatinAmerica , thelackofcommonforeignandsecuritypoliciesand theweakeningoftraditionalsharedvaluesallcontributetothecurrentstagnation ofEULatinAmericanrelations.Basedonthisanalysis , Maiholdsuggeststhat bothsidesshouldfocusonconcreteinterestsandpossibilitiesforcooperation , invitemoreactorstoparticipateininterregionalinteractionandencourageSpain toplayaconstructiveleadershiprole.In Chapter2 , Sanahujasystematically examinesthechallengesfacingtheEUspoliciesondevelopmentcooperationwithLatin
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