China´s insertion in LAC and its impact on relations with Europe.

• Autores: Novak, Fabián, Namihas, Sandra
• Formato: documento de trabajo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2017
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: PUCP-Institucional
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.pucp.edu.pe:20.500.14657/110958
• Enlace del recurso: http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/110958; https://doi.org/10.18800/978-9972-671-48-7
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Comercio exterior--China; Libre comercio-- China; Política exterior--China--SXXI; Relaciones internacionales--China; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#5.04.05

China’s insertion in LAC is not the result of happenstance. Rather, it fol-lows a specially designed strategy that takes into account Latin America and the Caribbean’s peculiarities, and pursues geopolitical objectives with the fundamental purpose of building a strategic partnership. This strategy has been captured in successive Chinese Government docu-ments from 2008 and 2016, that evidence a firm decision in this regard. To date, LAC has failed to devise a response strategy towards China, alt-hough the relationship between them has evolved rapidly and quite suc-cessfully since 2001, making China an increasingly relevant regional player in the dispute for spaces traditionally filled by Europe and the US.