China has recently grown into a major export destination for the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, second only to the United States. Over the last decade, China has tripled its market share of total LAC exports, more than tripled its share of extractive exports and doubled its share of agricultural exports. However, as […]
The re-emergence of China in the last part of the 20th century is having multiple impacts on a global scale. There has been increasing literature on the domestic impacts of China’s rise and on its role in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, there have been few analyses or attempts at understanding how China’s new […]
The rise of China has created an unprecedented demand for Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) exports, which has helped boost the region’s growth for almost a decade. Ultimately, though, such export growth may not be sustainable. Perhaps even worse, Chinese manufactured goods are more competitive than those from Latin America in both home and world […]
After almost 25 years of experimenting with the neo-liberal economic reforms collectively known as “Washington Consensus” policies, Latin Americans are starting to re-assess the merits of these policies at the voting booth. Many newly elected governments are beginning to scrutinize the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in particular, and some nations have gone so […]
Prior to the current economic and financial crisis, there have been contradicting views on the impact of China’s trade in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Some have argued China’s rise has been a blessing for Latin America, as Chinese demand boosted exports and in part caused a hike in commodities prices worldwide, while others […]