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China, the EU and Latin America : current issues and future cooperation
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40 犆犺犪狆狋犲狉3 犃犖犲狑犈狉犪犳狅狉犆犺犻狀犪犔犪狋犻狀犃犿犲狉犻犮犪狀犚犲犾犪狋犻狅狀狊牶 犕狅狉犲犗狆狆狅狉狋狌狀犻狋犻犲狊狋犺犪狀犆犺犪犾犾犲狀犵犲狊 1.犐狀狋狉狅犱狌犮狋犻狅狀 Separated bythe Pacific Ocean andculturaldifferences hitherto Latin AmericaandChinahavehadlittleknowledgeofoneanotherandonlylooseties. Inanincreasinglyglobalworld however thedistanceseemstoberapidly diminishingandtransPacificcountriesarebecominggoodneighbours.Chinas integrationintotheworldeconomyistransformingitfromaregionalplayerinto anemergingglobalplayer.Latin Americaandotherdevelopingregionsare becomingnew forefrontsof Chinas globalreach.GeneralBantz Craddock formerheadoftheUSSouthernCommand hassaidthatChinasinfluencein LatinAmericaisanemergingdynamicthatcannotbeignored Bachelet2005 Withtheirincreasingeconomicanddiplomaticindependence countriesinLatin Americahavealsoexpandedtheirrelationswithoutsiders includingChinaand India.ManypeopleinLatinAmericalooktoChinaasaneconomicandpolitical alternativetoUShegemony Hakim2006 .Inthecourseofglobalisation China andLatinAmericahavebecomeclosepartners. Thisbilateralrelationshiphaswitnessedrapidgrowthintradevolume but alsoinculturalexchangesandpoliticalinteractionoverthepastdecade.The bilateraltradevolumeincreasedfromjustUSD12.2billionin2000toUSD102 billionin2007 ChineseMinistryofCommerce2007 .Attheregionallevel Chinahasbeeninvolvedinthemostimportantregionalinstitutionsaseitherfull memberorobserver.Chinascontributiontoregionalinfrastructureandother publicgoodsishighlyvaluedbyLatinAmericancountries.Chinaissuedapolicy paperonLatinAmericaandtheCaribbeanon16November2008 afterissuing papersontheEUandAfrica ChineseGovernment2008 .Atthegloballevel