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China, the EU and Latin America : current issues and future cooperation
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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 betweenthemostfarflungcornersoftheworldundertheaegisofglobalflows ofcapital technology and knowledgethat have madethis notion truly meaningfulandpotentiallyoperational.Thebestpathforwardwouldseemtobe toworkupthroughpreexistingtwowayrelationshipssoastoidentifypointsof 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. ThemostsignificantandfarreachingoftheseistheLatin Americaand CaribbeanEuropeanUnionHeadsofStateandGovernmentSummitprocess or EULAC.Setupin1999 itmeetseverytwoyearsinaccordancewithaflexible formatthataccommodatesthe various politicaland economic arrangements within Latin America. These include the Southern Common Market MERCOSUR ), the Rio Group 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