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China, the EU and Latin America : current issues and future cooperation
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98 China theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation unity amultipolarworldorder oppositiontohegemonismandpowerpolitics andsoon. Duetohistoricalandculturalreasons mutualunderstandingbetween EuropeandLatinAmericaismuchdeeperthanthatbetweenChinaandLatin America.ChinadoesnotknowmuchaboutLatinAmericaandviceversa. BothEuropeandChinaseeLatinAmericaasanimportantsourceof naturalresourcesanda marketof560 millionconsumers.AnimportantEU documentstatesthat theregionhasconsiderablenaturalresources especially miningand energyresources as wellasexceptionalenvironmental wealth notablythe Amazonianforest withitshugebiologicaldiversity European Commission2002 .InitspolicypaperonLatinAmerica Chinaalsoexpressed aninterestinopeninguptheregionsresources. 10 BothEuropeandChinaattachimportancetothesocialproblemsin LatinAmerica.ChinaspolicypaperonLatinAmericadeclared: TheChinese GovernmentwillstrengthenexchangesandcooperationwithLatinAmericanand Caribbeancountriesinreducingpovertyandnarrowingthegapbetweentherich andthepoor andwillencouragepovertyalleviationinstitutionsonbothsidesto establishbroadcooperativerelationstoshareinformationandconductjoint research ChineseGovernment2008 .ForEurope promotingsocialcohesion thatis thefightagainstpoverty inequalityandexclusion isoneoftheEUs strategicpolicyobjectives.Moreover thenotionofsocialcohesionhasbeen acceptedbytheUNEconomicCommissionforLatinAmericaandtheCaribbean ECLAC asaguidingprinciplefortheregionssocialdevelopmentstrategy ECLAC2007 5.犆犪狀狋犺犲犈犝 犛狆犪犻狀犺犲犾狆犆犺犻狀犪狋狅犇犲狏犲犾狅狆犻狋狊犚犲犾犪狋犻狅狀狊狑犻狋犺犔犪狋犻狀犃犿犲狉犻犮犪 The USis worriedaboutthecloserrelationsbetween Chinaand Latin America.Europe ontheotherhand isnotworriedatall.Spainevenwishesto offerChinaahelpinghandtopromoteitsrelationswithLatinAmerica. TriangulationbetweenSpain LatinAmericaandAsiaPacificisoneofthe initiativesoftheSpanishgovernmentsAsiaPacificFrameworkPlan20002002 Bustelo2002 .InJuly2005 visitingSpanishPrimeMinisterZapaterosaidto hisChinesehostthatSpainwouldbereadytoserveasa bridge forChinato developitsrelationswithLatinAmerica.WhenPresidentHuJintaovisitedSpain inNovember2005 ChinaandSpainissuedajointcommuniquédeclaringthat bothsides had expressed willingness to cooperate around the globe particularlyinLatinAmerica. Undoubtedly Spainisinagoodpositiontoplaytheroleofa bridge for