Teleconference鈥擟hina鈥檚 Broadening Footprint in Latin America: From Beijing to Buenos Aires
This week Chinese President Xi Jinping begins a trip to four Latin American countries. In Brazil, he will attend a summit meeting of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) and meet with leaders of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). Subsequently, he will visit Argentina, Cuba, and Venezuela.
What are China鈥檚 economic, political, and strategic interests in the region? And while China is the most important Asian partner for many Latin American countries, how have relations with other Asian countries鈥擨ndia, South Korea, Japan鈥攁lso broadened considerably?
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Several of the speakers on this call are also contributors to the forthcoming publication "Reaching Across the Pacific: Latin America and Asia in the New Century". Their chapters are available for download below.
Brazil-Asia Trade: Emerging Configurations
Latin American-Asian Trade Flows: No Turning Back
Argentina and Asia: China鈥檚 Reemergence, Argentina鈥檚 Recovery
Speakers
President, Migration Policy Institute
Research Professor, Boston University; Co-editor,聽 FIXING HAITI : MINUSTAH AND BEYOND.聽
Professor Emeritus, University of California, San Diego;聽Former Senior Director for Inter-American Affairs at the National Security Council
Associate Researcher, Center of Latin American Studies, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
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Brazil Institute
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Kissinger Institute on China and the United States
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