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China, the EU and Latin America : current issues and future cooperation
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ANewLookattheTriangulationbetweentheEU ChinaandLatinAmerica 99 Chinaand Latin America.Its advantagesinclude historicalconnections language culturalsimilaritiesandastrongeconomicpresenceinLatinAmerica. BeforeChinasentitstradedelegationtoEuropeattheendofFebruary 2009 theSpanishAmbassadortoBeijing CarlosBlascoVilla toldtheChinese newspaper 21狊狋犆犲狀狋狌狉狔犅狌狊犻狀犲狊狊犎犲狉犪犾犱 thatSpainwouldbehappytoseeChina investinLatinAmerica.WhenhewasaskedwhethertheinterestsofChinaand SpainwerebeginningtoconflictsinceChinasrelationswithLatinAmericahad startedtobecomecloser Blascosaid: Justtheopposite.Ithinkcloserrelations betweenChinaandLatinAmericawouldcontributetothecooperationbetween themandencouragefurtherinvestmentinLatinAmerica. Theambassadoralso saidthat SpainwouldproposethatLatinAmericanotrelyontheUSsomuch noronthe EU .Heeven offered oneexample oftriangularcooperation: HuaweiandZhongxinhavesoldequipmenttoSpanishcompanieswhichusethe ChineseproductstobuildtelecomtowersinLatinAmerica Yuan2009 .The questionnowiswhetherandhowtheEU SpaincanhelpChinatodevelopits relationswithLatinAmerica. Toanswerthisquestion wemusttrytounderstandwhatChinawantstodo inand orwithLatin America.AccordingtoChinaspolicypaperonLatin Americathereare35areasofcooperation.Insomeareas itislikelythatthe EU Spaincanhelp inothers itisunlikely. 犜犪犫犾犲1 犃狉犲犪狊狅犳犘狅狊狊犻犫犾犲犆狅狅狆犲狉犪狋犻狅狀犫犲狋狑犲犲狀犆犺犻狀犪犪狀犱 犔犪狋犻狀犃犿犲狉犻犮犪犻狀狑犺犻犮犺狋犺犲犈犝 犛狆犪犻狀犆狅狌犾犱犘狉狅狏犻犱犲犃狊狊犻狊狋犪狀犮犲 Areasofcooperation Possibility Reason Exchangesofhighlevelvisits Thearrangementofsuchhighlevel Low visitsinvolves diplomaticsecrecy andotherissuesthatneednohelp fromanythirdparty Exchangesbetweenlegislatures Chinahasnodifficultycontacting Low legislative bodies in Latin Americadirectly TheCommunistPartyofChinahas Exchangesbetweenpoliticalparties Low itsown approachtoestablishing workingrelationswithpoliticalpar tiesinforeigncountries Consultationmechanisms Thingswouldbecomemorecompli Low catedifathirdpartywasinvolved insuchbilateralmechanisms