4 24 China , theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation theworldisnotpartoftheanswerifglobalisationistoretainitspromise. Itiswithinthiscontextthatproposalsforenhancedtrilateralrelationsare gainingcurrency.Thisnotionencouragescountriesandregionstotakethelead in workingtogetheracrossa widerangeofcommonintereststhatgenerate mutually reinforcing benefits.Ideally , this would be achieved through institutionalarrangementsthatforgelinks between countriesand regions geographicallyorhistoricallydistant. InthecaseofLatinAmerica , theEuropeanUnionandChinathisisstillan ambitiousconceptinthemaking.Asofnow , therearefewconcreteexampleson offer.Outsidethetraditionaltranscontinentalimperialregimesofthepast , this concepthasbecomeconceivableonlyinthecontextofglobalisationasunderstood fromthelatetwentiethcenturyonwards.Itisonlythegrowinginterdependence betweenthemostfarflungcornersoftheworldundertheaegisofglobalflows ofcapital , technology and knowledgethat have madethis notion truly meaningfulandpotentiallyoperational.Thebestpathforwardwouldseemtobe toworkupthroughpreexistingtwowayrelationshipssoastoidentifypointsof symmetryandconvergencethatwouldhelpconnectthethreepoles. 2.犔犪狋犻狀犃犿犲狉犻犮犪 , 狋犺犲犆犪狉犻犫犫犲犪狀犪狀犱狋犺犲犈狌狉狅狆犲犪狀犝狀犻狅狀牶犆狅犾狅狀犻犪犾犘犪狊狋犪狀犱 犘狉犲狊犲狀狋犱犪狔犃犾犾犻犪狀犮犲 InthecaseofLatinAmericaandEurope , tiesarelongstandinganddate backtoEuropeancolonisationoftheAmericasintheearlysixteenthcentury , havingsurvivedthestrainsimposedbytheindependencestrugglesoftheearly nineteenthcentury.Overrecentdecades , asLatin Americanand European integrationhaveadvancedoneithersideoftheAtlantic , aseriesofbiregional dialogueandcooperationmechanismshaveevolved. ThemostsignificantandfarreachingoftheseistheLatin Americaand CaribbeanEuropeanUnionHeadsofStateandGovernmentSummitprocess , or EULAC.Setupin1999 , itmeetseverytwoyearsinaccordancewithaflexible formatthataccommodatesthe various politicaland economic arrangements within Latin America. These include the Southern Common Market ( MERCOSUR ), the Rio Group , 1 the Andean Community ( CAN ), the Caribbean Community ( CARICOM ) andthe Central AmericanIntegration System ( SICA ) .Fromalargenumberofprioritiesfirstestablishedin1999 , the latestSummit , inLima ( 2008 ), decidedtonarrowthefocustotwocentral overarchingthemes:first , reducing poverty , inequality and exclusion ; and second , sustainabledevelopment , whichencapsulatestheenvironment , climate changeandenergy.Onthe whole , thedialoguehassoughttoemphasise
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