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Latin America and the Caribbean and China. Socioeconomic Debates on Trade and Investment and the case of CELAC

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Based on the increasing presence of China in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), this chapter focuses on the regional experience of LAC with China and the socioeconomic structures that have emerged as a result of this relationship since 2000. The goal of this chapter is to analyze the current socioeconomic structures, particularly in trade and investments, between LAC and China, as well as to provide a group of policy suggestions for this future dialogue. The first part of the chapter reviews the main structures in trade and investments that have emerged since 2000. The second section focuses on the causes, and particularly on the main results of the First Ministerial Meeting of the China-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) Cooperation Forum in 2015. The third and last part of the chapter reflects on a group of policy proposals that should be integrated into the discussion between LAC and China, also in CELAC.

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  1. Center of China-Mexico Studies/Faculty of Economics, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico

    Enrique Dussel Peters

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  1. Renmin University of China, Beijing, China

    Shoujun Cui

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    Manuel Pérez García

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Peters, E.D. (2016). Latin America and the Caribbean and China. Socioeconomic Debates on Trade and Investment and the case of CELAC . In: Cui, S., Pérez García, M. (eds) China and Latin America in Transition. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54080-5_9

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