TheEU , LatinAmericaandChina:GeometricalPatternsinCurrentandFutureRelations 2 59 cannotcomparewithorbeacounterweighttothatofAsia. ThesechangesandEuropesrelativelossofpowerarefeltstronglyinLatin America , wheretherearealsoindividualactorspursuingstrategiesthataremore similartothoseofAsiathantothoseofEuropeintermsoftheirsearchforpower andhegemony , firstregionalandthenglobal , asmightbethecasewithregard toBrazilorVenezuela.Inthesecircumstances , LatinAmericaisalsolookingfor aplaceinthenewinternationalsystemandistakingadvantageofsomeofthe newrulesofthegamebeingputforwardbyAsia. 3.4 TheElephantintheRoom:TheUSA ItbecamecustomarytodismisstheUSAasapartnerothercountriescould talktoduringtheBushera.NowweareatthebeginningofanewepochinUS foreignpolicy.PresidentObamasfirstvisitstoEuropeandLatinAmericahave , ifnothingelse , changedthetoneoftheseveryimportantrelations , evenif , in retrospect , theydidnotproducefundamentalchangesintermsoftheimportance ofthesepartnersfortheUSA.Likewise , USlinkswithChina , giventhatitis dependentonChinesecredit , areoftheutmostimportance. TheObamaAdministrationwillprobablycontinuetoconcentrateondomestic politics.Certainly , theeconomiccrisishasforcedhisgovernmenttofocusonthe domesticagenda , beforereachingouttooldornewinternationalpartners. Nonetheless , itcanbesaidthatUSrelationsarenotparticularlysmootheither withtheEUorwithLatinAmerica , anddefinitelynotwithChina.Despitethis , theUSAwillremainanactortobereckonedwithintheyearstocome , evenifit isstillimpossibletopredictwithcertaintywhatkindofroleitwillplay.Onthe onehanditwouldbegoodtohavea USA thatdoesnotseem allpowerful , becauseitcouldadoptahumblerattitudeandpolicyandmightbemorewillingto listentoothers.However , ifthe USA emergesterriblydebilitatedfrom the crisis , theworldwilllackaleader.Itisacaseof “ cantlivewithem , cantlive withoutem ” . 4.犛狆犲犮犻犳犻犮犚犲犾犪狋犻狅狀狊犫犲狋狑犲犲狀狋犺犲犕犪犻狀犃犮狋狅狉狊 4.1 LatinAmericaEuropeanUnion Theyear2009 markedthetenthanniversaryoftheestablishmentofthe socalled “ strategicbiregionalassociation ”, whichstarted withthefirstEU LatinAmerica / Caribbean ( LAC ) SummitinRiodeJaneiroinJune1999.The EULACschemeprofessestomaintainapoliticaldialogueatthehighestlevel amongpartnersthat , inpracticalterms , areconsideredtobetwohomogeneous
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