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China, the EU and Latin America : current issues and future cooperation
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ANewEraforChinaLatinAmericanRelations:MoreOpportunitiesthanChallenges 43 hasbeenestablishedbetweenLatinAmericaandChina whilesimilarbilateral channelsbetweentheEUandLatinAmericaarelacking.Amongthemthemost notableareChinasbecomingapermanentobserverattheOrganizationofAmerican States OAS in2004andamemberoftheInterAmericanDevelopmentBank IDB in 2009.Inaddition ChinaisanobserverattheLatinAmericanParliamentandhas tieswiththe Rio Group the Andean Communityand Caricom as wellas Mercosur.Obviously strongsupportfromthe majorityofLatin American countriesisthekeytoChinasinvolvementintheseinstitutionalplatforms. Chinaattachesconsiderableimportancetothisinstitutionalcooperation. TheChineseleadershipseesjoiningmultilateralgroupsasawayofreducing possibleapprehensionofChinaandalsoasaplatformforinstitutionalisedand predictableinteractions.Chinabecamethefortyeighth memberoftheInter AmericanDevelopmentBank IDB in2009 thethirdfromEastAsia following JapanandSouth Korea.Zhou Xiaochuan governorofthePeoplesBankof China highly praised theIDBs effortsto reduce poverty and promote developmentintheregionandsaidthattheIDBhasbecome themostimportant platform forChinascollaborationwiththisregionwhenheparticipatedinthe annualgovernorsassemblyoftheIDBheldinMedellinin2009 ZhouXiaochuan 2009 .ChinasfinancialcommunityisreadytoexpandcooperationwithLatin AmericafollowingChinasjoiningofIDB.Chinahascontributed USD350 millionthroughtheIDBtofundinitiativestohelpLatinAmericancountriescope withthecurrentglobaleconomicslowdown IDB2009 2.3 CooperationonaGlobalAgenda ChinahighlyvaluesLatinAmericasoverallimportanceintheinternational system.In1988 MrDengXiaopinghadtheforesighttostatethatthetwenty firstcenturyshouldbethecenturyofboththePacificandLatinAmerica.Latin AmericaenjoysamuchhigherstatusinChinasforeignstrategythanasaraw materialssupplier assomeobserversbelieve.ChinaseesLatinAmericaasan importantpartnerindealing withglobalissuesandreformingthecurrent internationalsystem. Buildingaprosperousdomesticeconomyinaglobalisingworldisacommon taskforbothChinaandLatinAmericancountries.Indoingso bothsidesshould seektomaketheestablishedinternationaleconomicsystemmorereasonableand favourablefordevelopingcountries.Thecurrentworldrecessionhasmadeit clearthateventhe USAisvulnerabletothelimitationsoftheinternational financialsystem while mostdevelopingcountriesaresurelyina weaker position.LearninglessonsfromtheAsianfinancialcrisisin1997 mostLatin