2 94 China , theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation towhichChinasandIndiasgrowthareaffectingthetradespecialisationpatterns ofLatin America and the Caribbean , based on a Revealed Comparative Advantage ( RCA ) index ( Vollrath1991 ) .Theauthorsexaminesubregionsand distinguishtheSouthernCone ( SC ), whichincludesBrazil , Argentina , Uruguay andChile.AlthoughthisdoesnotreferspecificallytoMERCOSURassuch , the aggregationisusefultohelpinfertheblocsbroadertendencies. First , theresultsofthisstudyshowthatChinasandtheSouthernCones tradespecialisation patterns between 1990 and 2004 evolvedin opposite directions , which wouldindicatesome progresstowardsa greaterexport complementarityinstead of morecompetitioninthesame products.Inthis sense , the WorldBanksstudyshowsthat , in1990 , ChinaandtheSouthern Conehadrelativecomparativeadvantageinnineandeightsectors , respectively , groupedatthreedigitsfromtheInternationalStandardIndustrialClassification ( ISIC ), andwerematchedinfoursectors:logging , fishing , crudepetroleumand foodmanufacturing.Aftera15yearterm , duringwhichthespecialisationpatterns changedandprogressivelyshowedaclearnegativecorrelation , wecanseethat , while thechangeswererelativelysmallintheSouthernCone , Chinachangedsignificantly , losingrelativecomparativeadvantageinprimarysectorcommodities ( agriculture , fishing , loggingandmining ) andgainingitinmanufacturing. Seekingthefactorsthatproducedtheseresults , theauthorsanalysed productionsectorsandreachedsomeinterestingconclusions.WhiletheSouthern Conespecialisedin naturalresourceexports , Chinaspecialised mainlyin manufacturing.AgroupofsectorsemergesinwhichtheSouthernConedidnot improveitspositioningininternationalmarkets , whileChinawaslosingrelative comparativeadvantageinparticularareas.ThiswouldindicatethattheSouthern Conelostoutinrespectoftheopportunitiespresentedinthisnewscenario.For othersectors , therelativecomparativeadvantagecorrelationwouldbepositive ( roomforcompetition ) orneutral ( doesnotshowadefinitetendency ) . 犜犪犫犾犲3 犆犺犪狀犵犲狊犻狀犛狅狌狋犺犲狉狀犆狅狀犲犛狆犲犮犻犪犾犻狊犪狋犻狅狀犘犪狋狋犲狉狀狊 SCRCAIIncreases ChinaRCAIstableovertime ChinaRCAIdecreasesovertime 220CrudePetroleum & Gas none 311FoodManufacturing1 313BeverageIndustries 385Professionalandscientific
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