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China, the EU and Latin America : current issues and future cooperation
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98 China theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation greenhousegasemittersbutalsoproducersofcleanenergytechnologies theEU shouldworktogether withthem todevelopcleanenergytechnologiesand especiallytoimproveenergyefficiency. SilvaParejas Chapter12 offersaLatinAmericanperspectiveoninternational cooperationintheareasofenergysecurityandclimatechange.Shestatesthat LatinAmericahasastrongerpositiontocompeteintheworldmarketgivenits effortstodiversifyitsenergygrid incorporaterenewableenergieswithaviewto nationalindependenceandadoptsustainableenergystrategies.SilvaParejas suggeststhattheregionsdiversityshouldbenotedratherthanfocusingon Brazilalone withregardtotheregionsclimateissues.Intermsofexternal dialoguesonenergyandtheenvironment Latin Americashouldbetreatedasa speciallyfavouredparty withafocusoncooperationand winwinsolutions.Like Behrens sheemphasisestheimportanceoftheInternationalRenewableEnergyAgency asaleadinginstitutionalframeworkforpossibletrilateralormultilateralcooperation. 4.犐狊犜犺犲狉犲犃狀狔犜狉犻犾犪狋犲狉犪犾犆狅狅狆犲狉犪狋犻狅狀 Mostexpertsdo notthinkthatthere has been substantialtrilateral cooperationbetweenChina theEUandLatinAmericatodate althoughtheydo havedifferentbutpromising visions whenimaginingfuturescenariosfor trilateralrelations.Amongthefactors whichaffecttrilateralcooperation the expandingroleofChinainLatin Americaandthepressingregionalandglobal challenges especiallyinsocalled lowpolitics willenergisetheemergingtrilateral cooperation. InChapter13 JiangShixuearguesthat unliketheUnitedStates whichis uneasyaboutChinasexpandingpresenceintheWesternHemisphere Europe andparticularlySpain wishestoofferahelpinghandtoChinatofurtherdevelop itsrelationswithLatinAmerica.BecauseofcommonChineseandEUconcerns withregardtoenergysecurity fightingpovertyandinequalityinLatinAmerica trilateralcooperationmightbedeveloped.TakingSpainasacasestudy Jiang ShixueexaminesSpainspossibilitiesasapromoterofSinoLatin American cooperationintheareaslistedinChinasPolicyPaperonLatinAmericaandthe Caribbean.HisstudyshowsthatSpaincanbehelpfultoChinaintheeconomic culturalandsocialareas inotherwords areasbelongingtolowpolitics. Globalissuesrequireglobalsolutions.In Chapter14 addressingglobal challengesandtreatingthe worldeconomyasa whole Buckarguesthat triangularcooperationispromisingevenifthereislittleexperienceinthis regard.Heliststhefollowing fields ofcooperation:globalinstitutional architecture norms actionsandsoon labourandhumanrights theDoha