Gallagher Quoted on US-China-Latin America Trade Triangle
Kevin Gallagher, Professor of Global Development Policy and Director of the Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was quoted in a New Yorker article in which he discussed China’s growing trade dominance in Latin America.
The article, titled “Can Biden Reverse Trump’s Damage to Latin America?,” explores former President Trump’s “America First” strategy towards Latin America and how the Biden administration can repair this relationship. The article details how Trump’s antagonistic disposition towards Mexico and Latin America as a whole caused the country to regress to arcane diplomatic policies of the past. Sanctions, visa restrictions, and other U.S. strategies tarnished its reputation and forced the region to look elsewhere for economic stimulation.
As Gallagher explains, China took advantage of U.S. neglect for Latin America and, not counting Mexico, has become the regions largest trading partner. He went on to say that, while the U.S. has tried to dissuade Latin America from becoming entangled with Beijing, it has offered nothing to encourage this.
The full article can be read on The New Yorker‘s website.
Kevin Gallagher is a professor of global development policy at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, where he directs the Global Development Policy Center. He is author or co-author of six books, including most recently, The China Triangle: Latin America’s China Boom and the Fate of the Washington Consensus. Read more about Professor Gallagher on his Pardee School faculty profile.