China’s rapidly growing influence is not confined to the far reaches of the Orient. Beijing’s presence is increasingly being felt within the U.S.A.’s own hemisphere.
A decade of escalating interaction in Latin America and the Caribbean has risen to a crescendo into 2017. President Xi Jingping, during a visit to Ecuador, Peru and Chile, set up a series of trade deals. It’s part of China’s goal of becoming a major influence in the area. Beijing has issued plans setting out its methodical goal to begin a “new era” in China-Latin American relations, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
According to The Economist “China’s aims in the region are expansive. In 2015 it signed a slew of agreements with Latin American countries promising to double bilateral trade to $500bn within ten years and to increase the total stock of investment between them from $85bn-100bn to $250bn. China also wants good relations in order to diversify its sources of energy, to find new markets for its infrastructure companies and to project power, both soft and military, in the western hemisphere.”
The long-term benefits of the deals to the region are in doubt. The Economist notes that “the impact on employment is slight. A study by Boston University found that trade with China generated 17% fewer jobs per dollar’s-worth of exports than did trade with other countries…Almost all imports from China are cheap manufactures. Some Latin American economists argue that Chinese subsidies to their producers undermine domestic industries. A new study published by the Atlantic Council…concludes that Chinese exports ‘have had an effect on the region’s de-industrialization”.
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An Official Chinese document notes that “Since 2013, the Chinese leadership has set forth a series of major initiatives and measures on strengthening China’s relations and cooperation with Latin America and the Caribbean in a wide range of areas.” It is of concern that trade is seen as a means to further other goals, and military cooperation plays a significant role. The document notes:
“China will actively carry out military exchanges and cooperation with Latin American and Caribbean countries, increase friendly exchanges between defense and military leaders from the two sides, strengthen policy dialogue and set up working meeting mechanisms, conduct exchanges of visits between delegations and vessels, deepen professional exchanges in such fields as military training, personnel training and UN peacekeeping, expand pragmatic cooperation in humanitarian relief, counter-terrorism and other non-traditional security fields, and enhance cooperation in military trade and military technology.”
Russia (and the former USSR’s) attempts to influence the region were more obvious and heavy handed, heavily centered on overt military ties. China’s approach is more multi-faceted, and therefore presents a greater long-term danger.