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China, the EU and Latin America : current issues and future cooperation
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OpportunitiesandChallengesFacingChinaandMERCOSURintheContextoftheFinancialCrisis 11 globalisationfollowingover20yearsrapidgrowth.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 wellbalancedoutcome. Freetradezonesrepresentanimportantsupplementtothemultilateraltrade mechanism.ThesuccessfulconclusionoffreetradeagreementsbetweenChina andLatinAmericancountriesprovidesbothfavourableconditionsandvaluable lessonsforChinaandMERCOSURandshouldencouragethemtostartsimilar negotiationsintheneartomediumterm.Wesuggestthatsuchnegotiationsstart asearlyaspossible sothatcrosscontinentfreetradezonescanbeestablished. Confrontedbythefinancialcrisis ChinaandLatin Americancountries shouldgiveprioritytostrengtheningfinancialcooperation soastomitigatethe negativeimpactofthefinancialcrisisonbilateraltrade.Theliquiditysqueeze causedbytherampaging globalfinancialcrisis hasalreadycreated great difficultiesfortheexportorientedtradesystemsin Asiaand Latin America. Exportshavefallendramatically.ExchangeratesfluctuateagainsttheUSdollar andriskisgrowingininternationaltrade.Manyinitiativescouldbelaunched includingnegotiationsoncurrencyswapagreements. Currencyswapsareakindofforeignexchangeagreementbetweentwo 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.