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China, the EU and Latin America : current issues and future cooperation
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94 China theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation trilateralrelations.PartIofferscomparativestudiesofthe EU and Chinas foreignpolicytowardsLatin AmericaandthelattersresponsetotheirLatin 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 providessomefutureorientedthinkingontheprospectsof 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 EnhancingSouthSouthcooperationhasbeenastrategicchoiceforemerging 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 SinoLatin American relationshipwiththeEULatinAmericanrelationshipmightbehelpfulforboth ChinaandtheEUintheireffortstolearnhowtobuildupanddeepenthose relationships. 1.1 EULatinAmericanRelationship Accordingto Maihold Chapter1 ), the performanceofthe EULatin Americanrelationshipislowerthanitspotentialandthusmuch moreeffort shouldbeputintoit.SomenewEU memberslackofpoliticalwillingnessto engagewithLatinAmerica thelackofcommonforeignandsecuritypoliciesand theweakeningoftraditionalsharedvaluesallcontributetothecurrentstagnation ofEULatinAmericanrelations.Basedonthisanalysis Maiholdsuggeststhat bothsidesshouldfocusonconcreteinterestsandpossibilitiesforcooperation invitemoreactorstoparticipateininterregionalinteractionandencourageSpain toplayaconstructiveleadershiprole.In Chapter2 Sanahujasystematically examinesthechallengesfacingtheEUspoliciesondevelopmentcooperationwithLatin