3 92 China , theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation warningothercountries , particularlythe European powers , torefrainfrom expandingtheirinfluenceintheWesternHemisphere.Thedoctrineassertedthat theAmericancontinents “ arehenceforthnottobeconsideredassubjectfor futurecolonizationbyanyEuropeanpower ”( Smith1996:20 ) .Butinfact , the USwasnotpowerfulenoughinthenineteenthcenturytoenforcethedoctrine. Forinstance , FrancesetuptheempireofMaximilianin Mexicofrom1864to 1867.France even intended to name the continent of Latin America “ Francoamerica ” .GreatBritaindidnottake muchnoticeofthedoctrine.It continuedtoprovidemuchofthecapitalandtechnologyforLatinAmericainthe nineteenthcentury.Britishfirmsbuiltrailwaysandtelegraphandtelephone systems , investedinminingandestablishedmanufacturingplantsinsomeLatin Americancountries ( Hillman1997:158 ) . AftertheSecond World War , Europewasoccupied withitsowneconomic reconstructionandintegration.Consequently , itfailedtoattachmuchimportanceand urgencytothedevelopmentofitsrelationswithLatinAmerica. Thisbenignneglectstartedtodisappearinthe1970s.InFebruary1975 , the EuropeanCommunity ( EC ) andsomeAfrican , CaribbeanandPacific ( ACP ) countries signedtheFirstLoméConvention , whichcameintoforceinApril1976 , andwas designedtoprovideanew frameworkofcooperation betweenthethen European Community ( EC ) anddevelopingACPcountries , inparticularformerBritish , Dutch , BelgianandFrenchcolonies.TheECalsoconcludedafewnonpreferential , shortterm tradeagreementswithArgentina , Brazil , MexicoandUruguay ( Black1991:266 ) . However , economictiesbetweenEuropeandLatinAmericadidnotdevelop smoothly.TheCommonAgriculturalPolicyadoptedbytheECmadeithardfor LatinAmericasagriculturalproductstoenterEurope.Thiscouldexplainwhy Argentinaturned to the Soviet Union as a major buyer ofits wheat. Furthermore , theentryintotheECofPortugalandSpainin1986didnotrealise thehopesLatinAmericahadplacedinit. TheFalklands ( Malvinas ) WarbetweenArgentinaandGreatBritainin1982 putpressureonrelationsbetween Europeand Latin America.TheECstood alongsideGreatBritainandevenimposedeconomicsanctionsonArgentina.Most LatinAmericancountriessympathisedwithArgentina. Inthe1980s , conflictsin CentralAmericaprovided Europeand Latin Americawitharareopportunitytomoveclosertogether.CentralAmericascivil warswereoftenintheinternationalheadlines.AlongwiththeUnitedNations andtheOrganizationofAmericanStates , theECmadearemarkablecontribution tothepeaceprocessthere.Forinstance , itstronglysupportedtheeffortsmade bytheContadoracountries.In1984 , theSanJosédialoguebetweentheECand
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