China's influence in Latin America

China is deepening its ties with Latin America trade relations and political relations.
According to the World Economic Forum, Latin America's bilateral trade in goods with China grew 26-fold from US$12 billion in 2000 to US$315 billion in 2020 and is expected to more than double by 2035, to over US$700 billion. China has already overtaken the EU and is Latin America's second biggest trading partner after the USA.
As far as the political ties are concerned, in the last few years, China has increased its footprint in the LAC region through the China-CELAC-Forum summits launched in 2016. President Xi Jinping has visited the region 11 times since he took office in 2013. And during the pandemic, vaccine diplomacy has also become a cornerstone of China's regional strategy, delivering more than 300 million doses to LAC countries (compared with 125 million from the EU).
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CONTENT:
00:00 Intro
00:47 Trade relations between China and Latin America
02:05 China's network of trade agreements with Latin America
03:03 Political relations between China and Latin America
04:44 China's investments in Latin America
05:33 Resources in Latin America
06:36 Impact on the European Union
08:58 Outro

[@wondererasl]

The difference between USA/West and China is very clear and distinct: China never say something like “ We have Latin America”, “ Latin America is our backyards” , “ We lost Latin America or Africa. “ Chewing on their narrative and ponder what mindset behind it.

[@aww7056]

Exactly !

[@bl5608]

Why does the us always portrait china as evil. Ever since I was a kid, the media attitude towards china was never friendly, sometimes aggressive. All the analysts, reports and statistics predicted china was supposed to fail and collapse but somehow managed to be US biggest threat . One of the poorest country managed to lift over a billion people out of poverty in 30 years became no2 economy . Why so much hate towards china?

[@MrStevemur]

I hope China helps boost Latin America out of the IMF debt trap through its competition with the West.

[@Trgn]

Latin America is not European colony.

[@haicheongkong8996]

Free yourself from prison control and oppression! Every country must be free to choose its direction

[@beardeddog8215]

Sadly they are still colonize

[@HetYaom]

@@beardeddog8215 Europe cant colonize its way out of a paper bag. lol Europe is a US colony and its gonna pay the price dearly.

[@aburetik4866]

Good for Latin America

[@antoniobabb1938]

And the Caribbean

[@chanahyingchan5070]

Will it be a win win scenario for both Latin America and China

[@dyrectory_com]

Win-Win, congratulations to Latin America and China... 🕊

[@mikebacchus721]

what about the influence US and European countries influence not Just in Latin America but the rest of the world past 200 years no one is taking about This

[@baersworth2010]

the west take if for granted, what the West is thinking is always how to control other countries.

[@timetraveller885]

It would make sense for China to Build State of the Arts Ports and Military Bases, same as what America has done and continuing to do in the ASEAN PACIFIC REGION!!!

[@irwantrahmat9441]

Viva china latin america Win win coperation !!

[@victorkmlee]

Good for China and Latin America!

[@ibnbattuta1304]

This scares the Westoids!

[@LucasMartins-el7kn]

Brazil, as a current member of BRICS, will only do business with countries that offer a deal that could best fulfill our interests. We don't care about Western values or your endless speeches on how good democracy is. Brazil is setting up to become an important player in the coming decade, so China's deals and trade agreements are our best opportunity to boost the development of our technology and infrastructure sectors. Moreover, it's even more stupid of you to expect us to turn up against Russia, one of our most important economic partners in BRICS, after China. We're not gonna play your geopolitics game, I'm sorry. Brazil doesn't want (or need) more US ideology. Brazil wants lucrative deals. It seeks MONEY and DEVELOPMENT.

[@HetYaom]

I feel happy to see Brazilians are waking up from that awful (Compleixo de vira-lata toward Europe and the US), that has done so much damage to the Brazilian psyche. Brazil is a country destined for greatness.

[@thomasrogers9146]

CHINA IS FOCUSED ON TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. CHINA IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST TRADING PARTNER. THE WEST FOR CENTURIES HAVE LOOKED DOWN ON THE DEVELOPING WORLD IS ECONOMICALLY NOT IMPORTANT. WARS, REGEIM CHANGE WAR ON DRUGS AND DESTRUCTION. THE CHINESE HAVE BEEN VERY POOR AND UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH.

[@truthaboveall7988]

Btw - u cannot lose Latin America b cuz u do NOT own it That mentality is Y ur declining

[@nmew6926]

EU can persuade UK to return Malvinas Island ( (Falkland) to Argentina, the rightful owner. Will they do it. May be they can also normalize relation with Cuba.

[@inte4573]

Return seen somehow to be implying that they somehow historical has been controlled by Argentina that is not true. Secondly the UK is not part of the EU.

[@yunko9369]

@@inte4573But certainly the EU has done nothing on the US sanctions of Cuba, the longest sanction in the history.

[@Harald111th]

@@yunko9369and the sanctions are a crime tolerated by the western world

[@mysticalwind4632]

Las Malvinas son de Argentina!!!

[@donaldli1864]

Why should anyone in Lat America be concerned about investment in their country?

[@mysticalwind4632]

This is a matter for the people of Latin America to decide. If the Europeans start acting like the US hegemon like insulting the intelligence of the people of Latin America by constantly talking about China this and China that, the Europeans will increasingly be on the outside looking in. Do your part and engage in a constructive manner with the global south. Don't make it about China because it is really ridiculous the narratives being pushed by the US.

[@joeGuizan]

Influence and having a favourable opinion by citizens are subtle but distinct. China bringing prosperity to South America..👍👍👍👍

[@existentialbaby]

shut up hegemons

[@miroslavcerina98]

Please stop your lying and get lost. You should tell us about NATO's determination to win back Africa after their using people and leaving them poor for all the time of their colonial oppression.

[@mitchrapp2556]

Maybe all the refugees will go to China n stead of USA southern.border patrol That would be marvelous

[@yunko9369]

Didn’t the US called those countries their own backyard!

[@mitchrapp2556]

That’s probably true. Don’t know a specific quote. But isn’t Taiwan in chinas backyard also. As is South Korea.

[@yunko9369]

@@mitchrapp2556 Go educate yourself first, don’t just follow the western agenda. Taiwan has even part of China, not backyard. First, how can you give away some thing you don’t own? Qing ceded the control of Taiwan to Japan the Treaty of Shimonoseki in April 1895. Second, the ROC still claims to represent China. Article 26 of the ROC constitution states the number of delegates to the National Assembly from Tibet, Mongolia and other frontier regions.

[@yunko9369]

@@mitchrapp2556 As for the Korea, that country traditionally been the protective state of China! Go read the history on how many times China helped Korea to defeated Japan invasion.

[@mitchrapp2556]

That’s all true but check this out. Taiwan has American weipans and you can bet there are Americans there monitoring China. That’s not o mention the defense treaty the USA has with Taiwan. The US Navy seems to stay in chinas backyard. That said all of those agreements you mentioned are problematic at his time.

[@benw.2702]

Be careful- Chinese might eat all your family pets!

[@Trgn]

Cant be worse than European genocide of American continent.

[@tweedy4sg]

Naah, but white Europeans will kill & commit a 2nd genocide to maintian their global hegemony

[@ICEMAN_GT]

and somehow you are still alive.

[@lengthao8424]

They rather eat you alive than family pets if that the case mr.benw2702........!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@WWLooi-js8rl]

Yeah, European did that, that's why they assumed China would follow their path. Learn from history, history doesn't lie.

[@oneinsixcom]

She used to be in the Russian navy!

[@liveandinstereo]

She's hot.