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China, the EU and Latin America : current issues and future cooperation
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TheEU LatinAmericaandChina:GeometricalPatternsinCurrentandFutureRelations 63 However beyondChinasextraordinaryeconomicpower itmustbenoted thatitcanhaveahugepoliticalinfluenceintheregion.TheChinesedevelopment modelisprovingtobeextremelyattractiveforLatinAmericancountrieshungry forhighgrowthratesandfastindustrialisation.Moreover sincethemodeldoes notincludethesamevalueledagendathathasbeenpushedbytheEU focusing ondemocracy socialcohesionandhumanrights itcertainlycouldbeattractive forLatinAmericanelitespronetoauthoritarianismandpopulismandinsearchof apoliticaldiscoursebasedonastrongstateandthedefenceofsovereignty. 4.3 USALatinAmerica RegardlessofhowtheUSAemergesfromtheeconomiccrisis itwillremain afundamentalpartnerforallthreeactors:LatinAmerica EuropeandChina.It isyettobeseenhowthechangeinUSleadershipwillaffectitsrelationswiththe outsideworld.Nonetheless thefutureofallthreeactorswill inmanyways be determinedbytheinvolvementwiththe USA eventothepointofbeing demographicallyintertwined asisthecase with manycountriesin Latin America andespeciallyMexico giventhesharedhistoryofmigratoryflows. Nonetheless thefutureof USLatin Americanrelations willcertainlybe differentfrominthepast.Today LatinAmericaseemstobemorecapableof standingitsgroundand especiallytheSouthern Cone givenitssuccessful diversificationstrategy tospeakwithitsownvoice.TheyearstheUSAhasbeen absentfromtheregionorpresentonlythroughmilitarisedrelations ashasbeenthe casewithColombia forexample willbecostlyforthefutureofUSpowerinthe region.Likewise thestrongcompetitiontheUSAwillfacefromactorssuchasChina willcertainlyimposeadifferentcharacterontheserelations. 5.犉犻狀犪犾犚犲犿犪狉犽狊牶犗犳犜狉犻犪狀犵犾犲狊犪狀犱犚犺狅犿犫狅犻犱狊 犐狋犇犲狆犲狀犱狊狅狀狋犺犲犔犲狀狊犢狅狌 犝狊犲 Inconclusion eveniftheseallpredictionsprovefalse theimportanceof Chinaisunequivocal.Likewise theimportanceoftheUSAoroftheEuropean Unioncannotbetotallydismissedyet.LatinAmericawillremainwhereitis neitherthepoorestofregionsnorthemostdeveloped.Itwillprobablybe yet again thetestinggroundofthemanypoliciesthatemergeaftertheeconomic debacle. Howdifferentorhowsimilararetheseactors Itdependsonthetypeoflens weuse whetheramicroscope atelescopeortintedglass.Addressingthesame questionagainintenyearstime itcannotbesaidwhetherwewillbespeaking oftrianglesorrhomboids.Nonetheless geometrywillstillmatter.