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China, the EU and Latin America : current issues and future cooperation
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OpportunitiesandChallengesFacingChinaandMERCOSURintheContextoftheFinancialCrisis 07 experts.Inthepast20years Uruguayhassentasubstantialnumberofofficialsand technologicalprofessionalstotailormadetrainingcoursesinChina. OntheUruguayanside in2006 FrigorificoCanelones thelargestmeat refrigerationcompanyin Uruguay obtainedapprovaltosetupChinasfirst whollyforeignowned meatimportingbusiness.Thisnew companysold25 tonnesofmeatinasinglemonthinShanghai.Itsmajorclientsaretophotelsand restaurants.Uruguayanbusinesseshavealsosetupwhollyownedcompaniesor jointventuresinBeijing TianjinandLiaoning. 2.犃犖犲狑犛狋犪犵犲狅犳犇犲狏犲犾狅狆犿犲狀狋牶犆犺犪犾犾犲狀犵犲狊犉犪犮犻狀犵犛犻狀狅犕犈犚犆犗犛犝犚犜狉犪犱犲 ThefinancialcrisistriggeredbythesubprimecrisisinSeptember2008has hadanenormousnegativeimpactontheglobaleconomy.China anactive participantineconomicglobalisation hasnotbeenspared.BetweenNovember 2008andJune2009 Chinasforeigntrade wentdownforeightconsecutive months whichwasunprecedentedinits60yearhistory.SinoLatinAmerican trade whichhadbeengrowingrapidlyuntilDecember2008 alsofelldrastically duringthefirstfourmonthsof2009.Moreover thefallwasmuchgreaterthan averageinChinasforeigntradeduringthesameperiod. Inthefirstfourmonthsof2009 tradebetweenChinaandthetwomajor MERCOSURcountries Braziland Argentina also wentdown.Liketrade betweenChinaandmostothercountriesorregionsintheworld asaresultof thefinancialcrisistradebetweenChinaandMERCOSURendedsixyearsofhigh growth.Anewstageofgrowthhasbegun however. Chinaexports mainly manufacturedgoods whileimportingprimaryproducts. Althoughthisisdeterminedbytheeconomicstructureofbothsides aswellassupply anddemand thereismorepotentialtobetappedinbilateraltrade. ChinahasatradedeficitwithMERCOSUR.Inthefirsteightyearsofthetwenty firstcentury itsexport importratioaveraged0.54 orapproximately1∶2. 犜犪犫犾犲2 犛犻狀狅犕犈犚犆犗犛犝犚犜狉犪犱犲犅犪犾犪狀犮犲 20032008 犝犛犇100犿犻犾犾犻狅狀 Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Imports Exports -58.16 -71.36 -73.33 -68.3 -90.1 -141.95 Exports Imports 0.68 0.48 0.33 0.43 0.50 0.60 Source:GeneralAdministrationofCustomsofPRChina2009. ChinahashadatradedeficitwithBrazilforalongtime.Inthepastnine