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China, the EU and Latin America : current issues and future cooperation
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06 China theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation anchoredinavisionofacommonfuturegroundedinidealsofequalityand respect. Wehavelittleexperienceoftriangularcooperationand attheprojectlevel whatwehaveisnotencouraging.However thisisnoreasonnottoconsiderits potential quitethecontrary.Trilateralcooperation notablyonglobalissues ispossiblewhenpartnershavetheweight butalsothewillingnessandthe meanstoacttogether.Weightneednottobeamatterofsheersize itcanalso haveamoraldimensionthatwinsothersover.Trilateralcooperation makes sensewhenothersregardthepromotionofissuesorvaluesbycoreactorsas persuasiveor usuallyatprojectlevel whentrilateralcooperation makesit possibletoreducepoliticalorrealcoststhroughtheuseofthecomparative advantagesofeachactor. Suchcooperationcantakeplaceatvariouslevelsandwithvaryingscopeand intensity:from exchangesofviews dialogue experiencesharingand best practicestosectoraldialogue internationalcoordination jointpromotionand finally jointeffortsonnormsettingorcreatingagloballyrepresentative active andefficientinternationalinstitutionalarchitecturewithmorelegitimacy.The venuesareUNforumsinNew York GenevaandVienna butinternational conferencesandmissionsarealsoimportant. As Henry Kissingerpointed out the very unsettled nature ofthe internationalsystemgeneratesauniqueopportunityforcreativediplomacy.The alternativetoanewinternationalorderischaos .Chinasroleiscrucial asare thoseofotherpartnersontheirwaytobecomingmajorpowers.Thepastdecade hasseenadeclineinthepowerofnationstates butwithoutbeingreplacedby sufficientlyeffectiveglobalgovernance.Insomeareas therecognition of commonbutdifferentialresponsibilitiesandrespectivecapabilities isinitselfa promisingstartforconstructingcommoninterestsamongpartnerswithdifferent potentials.There is clear interestin the establishment of multilateral developmentnorms goals proceduresandpoliciessuchasthe Millennium DevelopmentGoals theOECDsDevelopmentAssistanceCommittee DAC or theParis Agenda whichincreasesbeneficiarycountries ownership andthe harmonisationofdonorpolicies.Earlierdominanceby Westerncountriesin framingthesediscussionshasbeenerodedandrisingnewpartnersareplayingan activeroleinpolicies trade aidandinvestment.Thus morefundsarenow available aswellasgreaterdiversityofaidsources. 2.犜狉犲狀犱狊犪狀犱犗狆狆狅狉狋狌狀犻狋犻犲狊犻狀犛狅狌狋犺犛狅狌狋犺犆狅狅狆犲狉犪狋犻狅狀 China LatinAmericaandtheEUalreadyhavesomeelaboratebilateraland