OpportunitiesandChallengesFacingChinaandMERCOSURintheContextoftheFinancialCrisis 3 11 globalisationfollowingover20yearsrapidgrowth.Atthesametime , itexposes someunderlyingproblemsintheeconomicdevelopmentofdevelopingcountries , includingChinaandMERCOSURmembers.Fromthisperspective , thefinancial crisismaybegoodnewsforChinaandMERCOSUR , sinceitprovidesthelatter withastrategicopportunitytochangetheirgrowth modeand maketheir economicrelationsmoresustainable. 3.2 SuggestionsfortheNearFuture Anopen , equitableand multilateraltrade mechanismisconducivetothe healthygrowthoftheworldeconomy.ChinaandMERCOSURshouldmaintaina steadfastcommitmenttothemultilateraltrademechanism , supporttheDoha Roundtalks , resisttradeprotectionismandpromotetheearlyresumptionofthe DohaRoundtalksandacomprehensive , wellbalancedoutcome. Freetradezonesrepresentanimportantsupplementtothemultilateraltrade mechanism.ThesuccessfulconclusionoffreetradeagreementsbetweenChina andLatinAmericancountriesprovidesbothfavourableconditionsandvaluable lessonsforChinaandMERCOSURandshouldencouragethemtostartsimilar negotiationsintheneartomediumterm.Wesuggestthatsuchnegotiationsstart asearlyaspossible , sothatcrosscontinentfreetradezonescanbeestablished. Confrontedbythefinancialcrisis , ChinaandLatin Americancountries shouldgiveprioritytostrengtheningfinancialcooperation , soastomitigatethe negativeimpactofthefinancialcrisisonbilateraltrade.Theliquiditysqueeze causedbytherampaging globalfinancialcrisis hasalreadycreated great difficultiesfortheexportorientedtradesystemsin Asiaand Latin America. Exportshavefallendramatically.ExchangeratesfluctuateagainsttheUSdollar andriskisgrowingininternationaltrade.Manyinitiativescouldbelaunched , includingnegotiationsoncurrencyswapagreements. Currencyswapsareakindofforeignexchangeagreementbetweentwo countriestoavoidexchangeraterisks.Afteracertainperiodoftimeanda certainquantityofexchangeshaveoccurred , thecentralbanksofthetwo countriessettleup.By meansofsuch mechanisms , trading orexporting businessesinthetwocountriescanreceivepaymentsintheirdomesticcurrency , therebybenefiting by both avoiding exchangerate risks and reductionsin currencyconversioncharges.Partiesinacurrencyswapusuallyagreeona quota.Oncetheswaphasbeenlaunched , thetwocountriescanprovideshort termliquiditysupportforeachotherbyexchanginglocalcurrencies , thereby facilitating financing between local commercial banks and their foreign counterparts , promotingbilateraltrade.
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