In a world of growing international competition and rivalry between China and the United States, Latin America and the European Union (EU) are caught in the same thorny dilemma. Positioned between these global giants, both regions are facing a retorn to a Westphalian system of nation-states, which undermines their roles as emerging regional players. In view of these new global challenges in Latin America and the EU, this paper uses a qualitative and comparative approach to explore foreign policy discourses on autonomy in both regions. It examines their goals and priorities and assesses the potential regional and interregional consequences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
The paper presents a general analysis of the relations among United States and Latin America considering issues such as the questioning of the US centrality globally and in the hemisphere, Brazil's policies to the region and the impact of the growing relations with China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Cesa-Bianchi, Ambrogio, Pesaran, M. Hashem, Rebucci, Alessandro, and Tengteng Xu
Subjects
INTERNATIONAL business enterprises, GROSS domestic product
Abstract
The article focuses on the rise of China as a leader in the global economy and investigates the changes in trade patterns between China and other countries in the transmission of international business in Latin America. It examines how the gross domestic product (GDP) in China and the U.S. have affected Latin America in accordance to the trading between these countries in the world economy.
LÓPEZ-CÓRDOVA, ERNESTO, MICCO, ALEJANDRO, and MOLINA, DANIELKEN
Subjects
INTERNATIONAL competition, EXPORTS, INTERNATIONAL trade
Abstract
The article focuses on a study which examined the competition between Latin American and Chinese exports in the U.S. market. The U.S. has been considered as the most important trade partner of Latin America. But the growth of U.S. trade with China presents as a challenge for Latin American countries as shown in U.S. import data. The biggest growth in exports from Latin America came from Mexico which increased its share of the U.S. market to 11.5% from 1990 to 2003. Since 2000, the strong trade performance of China and Latin America's weakness have been manifested. While demand for Latin American goods decreased at 3.2% per year, Chinese exports to the U.S. increased at a rate of 11.9%.