3 12 China , theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation Shortlyaftertheoutbreakofthefinancialcrisis , Braziland Argentina activatedalocalcurrencysettlementsystemintheirbilateraltradeinOctober 2008.Theyalsoplantoextendthesystem — whichaimsateliminatingtheUS dollarasvehiclecurrency — totherestofMERCOSUR , therebyoffsettingimport limitsimposedbyanumberofcountriesthatlackUSdollarreserves. StartinginDecember2008 , Chinasignedcurrencyswapagreementswiththe monetaryauthoritiesinSouth Korea , Malaysia , IndonesiaandBelarus , the Chinamainlandalsosignedcurrencyswapagreementwith HongKong.On29 March2009 , ChinasignedaRMB70billion ( USD10.25billion ) framework currencyswapagreementwith Argentina , thefirstofitskind — andalsothe largestfinancialdeal — betweenChinaandaLatinAmericancountry.Bytheend ofMarch2009 , currencyswapagreementsbetweenChinaandothercountriesor regionsamountedto RMB 650 billion , about5 percentof Chinasforeign reserves ( Xinhuanet2009 ) . Atpresent , USdollarsarecommonlyusedininternationaltrade.Countries notonlysettletheirtradein USdollars , butalsokeep USdollarsasforeign reserves.Thesubprimecrisisdealtablowtotheeconomyofcountrieswithlarge USdollarforeignreserves.InordertoensurefurthergrowthofSinoLatin Americaneconomicandtraderelations , Chinaandits majorLatin American partnercountriesshouldstrengtheneffectivecooperationinthefinancialsector , includingthenegotiationandsigningofcurrencyswapagreements. Duringthenewstageofgrowth , Chinaand MERCOSURshouldtrytheir besttotapintothepotentialofservicetradeaswellastradeingoods.Service tradebetweenChinaandMERCOSURisnewbutexciting.Forexample , large companiesfrom ChinaandBrazilhavejoinedhandsin metallurgy , mining , energy , aviation , aerospaceandfinance , achievingsatisfactoryresults which indicatethehugepotentialofcooperation betweenthetwosidesin high technologyandservicetrade. Havingrelativelydevelopedeconomies , BrazilandArgentinaenjoydistinct advantagesinautomobiles , metallurgy , minerals , nuclearpower , medicine , finance , insurance , tourism , educationandinvestment.Theyarewellplacedto intensifycooperationwithChinesecompaniesintheseareas. TheUnited NationsFrameworkConventiononClimateChangeandits KyotoProtocoldemandthatcountriesadheretotheprincipleofcommonbut differentiatedresponsibilities , activelyimplementtheBaliRoadmaptalksand adopteffectivemeasurestomitigateclimatechangethatareinlinewiththeir particularcircumstances.Forest protection is an important part ofthe cooperationagainstclimatechange.In2007 , ChinaproposedtheAsiaPacific
Konferenzband
China, the EU and Latin America : current issues and future cooperation
Entstehung
Einzelbild herunterladen
verfügbare Breiten