ANewLookattheTriangulationbetweentheEU , ChinaandLatinAmerica 3 97 4.犆狅犿狆犪狉犻狀犵狋犺犲犜狑狅犚犲犾犪狋犻狅狀狊犺犻狆狊 AcomparisonofrelationsbetweentheEUandLatinAmericaandbetween ChinaandLatinAmericaleadstothefollowingconclusions: ( 1 ) Inhistorical , politicalandculturalterms , Europehascloserrelations andaffinitieswithLatinAmericathanChinadoes. ( 2 ) EuropedevelopeditsrelationswithLatinAmericamuchearlierthan Chinadid.Asamatteroffact , ChinastartedtomovetowardsLatinAmerica onlyafewyearsago.TheChinaLatinAmericarelationshipisstillinitsinitial stages , whereastheEULatinAmericarelationshipismuchmoremature. ( 3 ) EuropesrelationswithLatinAmericaaremoreinstitutionalisedthan Chinas.ApartfromtheEULatinAmericasummit , thereistheIberoAmerican summitandotherdialoguemechanisms.ThechancesofconveningaChinaLatin Americansummitareveryslim.Moreover , theEUhaspublishedmorepolicy documentsonLatinAmericathanChina. ( 4 ) ChinaLatinAmericarelationsareovershadowedbytheUSfactor.The USissomewhatconcerned bythe presence of Chinainits backyard.US CongressmanDanBurtonsaid: “ IbelieveChinasrisingeconomic , politicaland militaryinfluenceinthe WesternHemisphereposesseriouschallengestothe UnitedStatesintheyearsahead...Ibelieveweshouldbecautiousandviewthe riseofChinesepowerassomethingtobecounterbalancedorcontained , and perhapsgosofarastoconsiderChinasactionsin Latin Americaasthe movementofahegemonicpowerintoourHemisphere. ”( Burton2005 ) Europe LatinAmericanrelationsarenotamajorissuefortheUS. ( 5 ) Europeseconomicties with Latin Americaare muchcloserthan Chinas.In2008 , EULatinAmericantradewasworthEUR189billion , while ChineseLatinAmericantradewasworthUSD145billion , althoughithasbeen growingrapidlyoverthepastfew years.In2007 , thetotalstockofEU investmentinLatinAmericastoodatEUR228billion , whileforChinaitwas onlyUSD25billion ( ChineseMinistryofCommerce2010 ) . ( 6 ) Europehasestablishedastrategicpartnership with Latin America , whereasChinahassetupsuchpartnershipswithonlyafew Latin American countries:Brazil ( 1993 ), Mexico ( 2003 ), Argentina ( 2004 ) and Peru ( 2010 ) . ( 7 ) ThepoliticaldimensionoftheEULatinAmericanrelationshipdiffers fromthatbetweenChinaandLatinAmerica.ItseemsthatEuropeismuchmore concernedaboutLatinAmericasdemocracy , humanrights , ruleoflawandso on , whileChinaemphasisespoliticalconsensusonsuchissuesasThird World
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