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China, the EU and Latin America : current issues and future cooperation
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TradingwithGiants:IsTradePolicywiththeEUandChinaBeneficialtoMERCOSUR? 93 secondlargestworldeconomyintermsofforeigntradevolumegoesbeyondthese figures becauseitsgrowingimportanceinthirdmarketshasgeneratedeffectson globalaggregateddemandwhichhaschangedexportpricesandaffectedtermsof traderelationshipsinLatinAmerica. Fromtheperspectiveofdynamicanalysis theChinese marketisstill smallerthantheEUmarketasadestinationforMERCOSURexports butinthe pastfewyearsthebalancehasbeguntochangeinthedirectionofChina which hasbecomethemostrapidlygrowingmarketforMERCOSURexports. 犉犻犵狌狉犲1 犇犲狏犲犾狅狆犿犲狀狋狅犳犕犈犚犆犗犛犝犚犈狓狆狅狉狋犇犲狊狋犻狀犪狋犻狅狀狊 Source:Garbarinoetal.2008:45. Forthepurposeoforderingtheanalysisandfocusingontradelinks wecan tryto understandtheimportance oftrade with Chinainthree different dimensions: Chinasincreasingdemandfor MERCOSUR exports ;( ChinasincreasingexportstoMERCOSURcountries ;( Chinasdisplacement ofMERCOSURexportstothirdmarkets. WhiletheincreaseinChinesedemandpresentsanopportunityforgrowthto certainMERCOSURsectors ontheotherhand importsfromChina although theybenefitconsumersandsomeproductionsectors alsorepresentathreatto localcompanies.Likewise the emergence of China as global playerin internationalmarketstendstoaffectMERCOSURexportpatterns.Thissimple andpreliminaryoutlookissufficienttomakeitclearthatthestrengtheningof currenttrendswouldgenerateascenariooflosersandwinners whichcallsfora moredetailedimpactassessment. BasedonaWorldBankstudybyLedermanetal. 2007b:Chapter12 ), we canidentifyanumberofimpactsonproductionsectorsandproductionfactors as wellasatthesubregionallevel.TheWorldBankstudytriestoassesstheextent