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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 MERCOSURChina and MERCOSUREuropean Union. With regard to MERCOSURChina thedatashowthatbilateraltradehasboomedinrecent years trackingChinasemergenceasamajorglobalplayer.However thetrade patternthatemergesseemstohaveconsolidatedMERCOSURsroleasasupplier ofbasicproductsandarecipientofmanufacturedproductsfrom China.Two otherdimensionscanbeobserved:ontheonehand thesurgeinChineseimports toMERCOSUR 972percentintheperiod20022008 andtheconsequent challengesto MERCOSURslocalindustries and ontheotherhand the potentialof Chinese products to displace MERCOSUR exports to third countries. MERCOSUREUtraderevealsaconsistentsurplusinfavourofMERCOSURin theperiod20042008 onaverage USD10billion .Thisfairlysteadysurpluscannot bemisinterpreted sinceexportsandimportsbetweenthoseregionsincreased on average by20percentand25percent respectively.Moreover similartothe MERCOSURChina pattern MERCOSUREU bilateraltrade represents paradigmoftheexchangeofprimarymanufacturedproducts 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