China's engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean / Katherine Koleski, Alec Blivas.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Koleski, Katherine, author.

Blivas, Alec, author.

Contributor:

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, issuing body.

Series:

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission staff research report

Staff research report / U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Relations--Latin America.

China.

Latin America--Relations--China.

Latin America.

China--Relations--Caribbean Area.

Caribbean Area--Relations--China.

Caribbean Area.

China--Commerce--Latin America.

China--Commerce--Caribbean Area.

Caribbean Area--Commerce--China.

Latin America--Commerce--China.

Arms transfers--China.

Arms transfers.

Latin America--Strategic aspects.

Caribbean Area--Strategic aspects.

Investments, Chinese--Latin America.

Investments, Chinese.

Investments, Chinese--Caribbean Area.

Commerce.

International relations.

Strategic aspects of individual places.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (65 pages) : illustrations, color maps

Place of Publication:

[Washington, DC] : U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 2018.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

While the United States remains the largest economic and security partner in LAC, in the last decade China has rapidly deepened its economic, diplomatic, and military engagement to become the region's largest creditor and second-largest trading partner. China's efforts in the region are driven by four key objectives: (1) ensuring its access to the region's abundant natural resources and consumer markets; (2) gaining LAC support for its foreign policies; (3) shaping LAC perceptions and discourse about China; and (4) gaining geopolitical influence in a region geographically close and historically subject to U.S. influence. 2 If the infrastructure financed by Chinese loans helps LAC counties boost regional connectivity and economic growth, the positive spillovers would benefit not only the host countries, but also the region as a whole. However, closer ties with China can also reinforce the region's overreliance on highly cyclical exports and create unsustainable debt burdens for some LAC countries, which China could use for political leverage.

Contents:

Executive summary.

Introduction.

Overview of China's LAC strategy and objectives. Economic. Diplomatic. Military and security.

Economic engagement. Chinese state financing to LAC. Chinese foreign direct investment. Major infrastructure projects.

Diplomatic engagement. Belt and road initiative. People-to-People exchanges. Engagement with regional and multilateral institutions. Space cooperation. Taiwan.

Military and security engagemnt. Arms sales.

Case studies. Brazil. Venezuela. Cuba. Panama. Ecuador.

Implications for the United States.

Appendices.

Notes:

"October 17, 2018"--Cover

Includes bibliographical references (page 41 to 65).

Online resource; title from PDF cover page (USCC, viewed October 22, 2018).

OCLC:

1057472430