TradingwithGiants:IsTradePolicywiththeEUandChinaBeneficialtoMERCOSUR? 2 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: ( 1 ) Chinasincreasingdemandfor MERCOSUR exports ;( 2 ) ChinasincreasingexportstoMERCOSURcountries ;( 3 ) Chinasdisplacement ofMERCOSURexportstothirdmarkets. WhiletheincreaseinChinesedemandpresentsanopportunityforgrowthto certainMERCOSURsectors , ontheotherhand , importsfromChina , although theybenefitconsumersandsomeproductionsectors , alsorepresentathreatto localcompanies.Likewise , the emergence of China as a global playerin internationalmarketstendstoaffectMERCOSURexportpatterns.Thissimple andpreliminaryoutlookissufficienttomakeitclearthatthestrengtheningof currenttrendswouldgenerateascenariooflosersandwinners , whichcallsfora moredetailedimpactassessment. BasedonaWorldBankstudybyLedermanetal. ( 2007b:Chapter12 ), we canidentifyanumberofimpactsonproductionsectorsandproductionfactors , as wellasatthesubregionallevel.TheWorldBankstudytriestoassesstheextent
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