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China, the EU and Latin America : current issues and future cooperation
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04 China theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation valuesandsoon ), anapproachlinkedtotheexpectationthatthedevelopmentof therelationshipwouldbesimilarly natural .Inthemeantime however ithas becomeevidentthatthesuccessoftheongoing diplomacybysummit is limited notonlyintermsofscope butalsobythelackofcaretakenindefining anagendaandacoherentstrategyofcooperation. numberoffactors includingtheformatoftherelationship the numberofandqualitativedifferenceswithregardtoactors andthetimetables imposedonthe mechanismsinvolved haveraised doubtsandfosteredthe deceptionbecauseofthedeficiencyinimplementingtheresults.Insteadofthe agendaofthepresidentsmeetingsbeingrefocused however itwasextended andaprocessofalternativesummitswiththeirownagenda BusinessMeeting AlternativeSummit hasbeenputinplace.Thegrowingrivalrybetweenthe officialandthealternativesummitprocessesnowmakesitevenmoredifficultfor governmentstoreshapesummitdevelopmentinamoresoberfashion. 2.犜犺犲犉狅狉犿犪狋犻狅狀狅犳犪犆狅犿犿狅狀犈狌狉狅狆犲犪狀犔犪狋犻狀犃犿犲狉犻犮犪犘狅犾犻犮狔 2.1 TheGlorious?poque:The1980s EuropesrelationswithLatinAmericaevolvedsignificantlyinthe1980s decademarked by majorconflictsin Central America.Atthattime the EuropeanUnionhadtodecidewhetheritcouldandshouldarbitrateinaconflict whichwascharacterisedbyhighlevelsofconfrontationtypicaloftheColdWar. Withitsdecisiontointerfere despitetheextremelydifficultscenario inthe UnitedStatessbackyard theEuropean Unionforthefirsttimeassumedthe roleofaglobalpowerledbyindividualmembercountries includingFranceand Germany.Thus the San José Processis sometimes considered to bethe beginningoftheCommonForeignandSecurityPolicy CFSP andwasvery helpfulfordefiningcommon European positionsininternationalpolitics in which Latin America wasEuropesfirstcounterpart.TheEuropean Union facilitatedthepeacetalksintheregionandencouragedeachcountrytostartand toadvanceitsnationaldemocratisationprocesses. 2.2 TheCurrentPhaseofStagnation LatinAmericasgovernments aswellasrepresentativesofcivilsocietyhave startedtofeelacertaindistancefromEurope.Thisfeelingmayinpartberelated to butalsoconfusedwith thefactthatLatinAmericaistodayonlyoneof thepartnersEuropeisinterestedincultivating havingplayedthecentralrole inEUforeignrelationsduringthe1980s.Tosomeobservers thisfeelingof