2 12 China , theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation handlingofthedrugproblem , theLatinAmericanpositiononwhichconsistsof askingformoreactiontoreducedemandintheUSandEuropeatnationallevel. Atthe 犵犾狅犫犪犾犾犲狏犲犾 , Latin America has discoveredin China a new counterpartinitseffortstobroadenitsrangeofexportpartnersandtomatchits investmentinterests.ThishaschangedtheLatin Americanattitudetowards Europewhichisnolongertheonlydiversificationpartnerfortheregion , apart fromthedominantrelationswiththeUS.Atthesametime , thegovernmentsof LatinAmericahavestartedtosuspectthattheEuropeanUnionhasdecidedto sacrificeits strategic association with Latin Americaif otherimportant counterpartsatthegloballevelseemmorepromising. 2.6 PerspectivesandNewDynamics Traditionally , commoninterestsandculturalvalueshavebeenseenasthebasisof therelationshipbetweentheEuropeanUnionandLatinAmerica.Withtheincreasing openinguptowardstheUSwayoflife , thebondwithEuropeanculturalvalues anditsimportanceforpoliticalactionhasdiminished.Inconsequence , theLatin Americanpartnershaveshownaninterestinreaddressingorevenquestioning currentpositionsandtodosodemonstrativelyatthegloballevel. Inthiscontext , manypeople wouldalsoliketodiscussnew governance issues , especiallytheimprovementofgovernmentsystems , decentralisation processes , publicprivatepartnershipsandthelike.Recognizingthatgovernance issuesareofgrowingimportancebeyondthenationallevel , majorcountriesin LatinAmericahavebecomeleadersandprotagonistsintheprocessesofreformin internationalregimes.Thus , theglobalagendaisofspecialinteresttothebigger countries , suchasBrazil , Argentinaand Mexico , whicharetryingtostakea claimtobetheleadingcountriesintheregion.Inthiscontext , thequestionof triangularrelations betweenthe US , Europeand Latin America may be increasinginimportance , whichuptonowhasnotattainedbroadacceptancein theregion.Ontheotherhand , theLatinAmericangovernmentsareinterestedin developingtransatlanticrelationsinsucha waythatSouth Atlanticrelations mightonedayreachthesamelevelofintensityastheNorthAtlanticones.One majorstepinthisprocesscouldbethedevelopmentofcommonpositionson multilateralissuesininternationalpoliticsandinthiswaygiverisetosomesort ofEuroLatinAmericanallianceininternationalaffairs. MajorgroupsofLatinAmericanintellectualsstillcontinuetolookatEuropeas theirmajorsourceofinspirationandarethereforedrivenbythenecessitytorebuildthis relationship , startingfrom commonvaluesandnorms.Thisfacthassignificant potentialintheefforttodevelopamorecoherentandsubstantialassociationnotonly
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