4 10 China , theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation oftenwith EU support — in UN forums.Itscooperationisfocusedonits neighbourhood , notably CentralAmericandevelopmentviaitsPlan Puebla Panama.Various LAC countries haveregularly participatedininternational peacekeepingmissions.ChilecontributestotheEUcrisismanagementmission in Bosnia and Herzegovina , and offersjointregionalactions within the frameworkoftherecentEUChileAssociationforDevelopmentandInnovation. Withthesecountries , thereisanimpressiveconvergenceofpositionsandvisions whichshouldnotbeoverlookedalongsideconflictualtradeissues.BothChileand Mexicohavesomeexperiencewithtrilateralcooperationwithmajordonorssuch asJapan , Canada , EU memberstates , theInterAmericanDevelopmentBank ( IADB ), theFoodandAgricultureOrganisation ( FAO ) andtheUnitedNations DevelopmentProgramme ( UNDP ) .Thereisalsogrowingcoordinationbetween thetworiftsofthePacific , asinthe AsianPacificEconomicCooperation ( APEC ) orthe Arco Pacifico schemes , which wererecentlyreinforced. Venezuelahasobtained considerableregionalgratitudeasaresultofits preferentialdeliveriesofoil , promotionofgreaterfinancialindependencefor LAC countries from international financial institutions and trilateral humanitarianandsocialmissionstogetherwithCuba.Weshouldprofitfrom thesenumerousexperiencesontheground , forexample , withregardtopoverty reductionand socialcohesion , but wecould alsotake upthe numerous commitmentsinourEULatinAmericanagreements , whichoftensuggestthe possibilityoftrilateralcooperation. 3.2 LabourandHumanRights Multilateralismlacarteisonlyasecondbestsolution.Internationalnorms are , in manycases , preferabletobilateralagreements , sincetheyreflecta broaderrangeofinterests.Thisisnotmerelya matterofsoftpowerand “ bleeding hearts ” . Weareconvincedthat moreeconomicdevelopmentand broaderproductrangesleadtomoreattentionbeingpaidtobroadlyaccepted norms — inourownnationalorregionalinterest. ThisiswhytheEUpromotescoreUNorInternationalLabourOrganization ( ILO ) conventionsonhumanandlabourrightsandrequeststheirratificationand effectiveimplementationasabasisforitsunilateralschemeofgeneralised preferencesforlessadvancedcountries.Iseeacommoninterestin working towardsconventionsonminimumlabourandsocialstandards.NotonlyPortugal andMexicobutalso , morerecently , Chinaislosingcompetitivenessandthus jobstootherevenmore “ lowcost ” countries.Thisisinthelongterminterestof
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