2 80 China , theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation goods , services , governmentprocurementandinvestment , wereexchangedin September2004 , butwerenotdeemedsufficientforanagreement.Sincethen , MERCOSURandtheEUhavemetanumberoftimesatministerialandsenior officiallevels.Negotiationswereformallyresumedatthebeginningof2010and theyareongoing. 5.犆狅狀犮犾狌狊犻狅狀 Thischapterdevelopsanempiricalanalysisofthetradepatternsbetween MERCOSURChina and MERCOSUREuropean Union. With regard to MERCOSURChina , thedatashowthatbilateraltradehasboomedinrecent years , trackingChinasemergenceasamajorglobalplayer.However , thetrade patternthatemergesseemstohaveconsolidatedMERCOSURsroleasasupplier ofbasicproductsandarecipientofmanufacturedproductsfrom China.Two otherdimensionscanbeobserved:ontheonehand , thesurgeinChineseimports toMERCOSUR ( 972percentintheperiod20022008 ) andtheconsequent challengesto MERCOSURslocalindustries ; and , ontheotherhand , the potentialof Chinese products to displace MERCOSUR exports to third countries. MERCOSUREUtraderevealsaconsistentsurplusinfavourofMERCOSURin theperiod20042008 ( onaverage , USD10billion ) .Thisfairlysteadysurpluscannot bemisinterpreted , sinceexportsandimportsbetweenthoseregionsincreased , on average , by20percentand25percent , respectively.Moreover , similartothe MERCOSURChina pattern , MERCOSUREU bilateraltrade represents a paradigmoftheexchangeofprimarymanufacturedproducts , althoughnotinthe sameproportionasobservedinthefirstsetofdataanalysed. Notes 1.Inchronologicalorder , USD / EUR:0.945 ( 2002 ); 1.132 ( 2003 ); 1.244 ( 2004 ); 1.245 ( 2005 ); 1.257 ( 2006 ); 1.371 ( 2007 ); and1.473 ( 2008 ) .Thesefiguresare availableat:http: // www.federalreserve.gov. 2.TheacronymisacontractionoftheSpanish “ MercadoComúndelSur ” .InPortuguese , theblocisknownas “ Mercosul ” . 3.Theaccessionofnew membersisgovernedbyDecision28 / 05oftheCommon Market Council ( CMC ), anorganofMERCOSUR. 4.Also , BrazilandChinahaveinitiatedtalksonalocalcurrencypaymentsystemforforeigntrade operations.ItisworthnotingthatBrazilandArgentinaalreadyhaveasimilarsystem. References AgendaChina ( 2008 ), 犃犲狊犘狅狊犻狋犻狏犪狊狆犪狉犪犪狊犚犲犾犪犲狊犆狅犿犲狉犮犻犪犻狊犛犻狀狅犅狉犪狊犻犾犲犻狉犪狊 ( China
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