Gallagher: China’s Next Level in LatAm
Kevin Gallagher, Associate Professor of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, said that closer economic ties between China and Latin America were a deliberate and beneficial strategy pursued by both regions.
The argument came in a May 18 article in the newspaper China Daily entitled “China, Lat Am Ready for Next Level.”
From the text of that article:
Overall cooperation between China and Latin America and the Caribbean is an affirmatively chosen option in China’s global strategy and China is also a priority in Latin America’s Asia-Pacific diplomatic strategy, according to the Yellow Book of Latin America and Caribbean (2014-15) just released by the Chinese Academy of Social Science on May 15 in Beijing.
“The report highlights how strategic Latin America has become for China, and China has become for Latin America,” said Kevin Gallagher, a professor of global development policy at Boston University. “They are building strong bridges across the Pacific Ocean.”
You can read the entire article here.
Gallagher was also interviewed on the topics of China and Latin America for the Spanish language news outlet BBC Mundo. Read the article in Spanish here.
Gallagher co-directs the Global Economic Governance Initiative and the Global Development Policy Program. Learn more about him here.