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Chinese Companies in Latin America: Economic and Strategic Dimensions

Guest speakers discuss the potential role of Chinese Companies in the burgeoning relationship between China and Latin America.

Date & Time

Wednesday
Oct. 1, 2014
9:00am – 11:00am ET

Location

6th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center
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Overview

In July 2014, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, and Cuba—his second trip to the region since taking office in 2013. He offered tens of billions of dollars in new loans and foreign direct investment (FDI), primarily in infrastructure and energy projects.

What is the existing and potential role of Chinese companies in the burgeoning relationship between China and Latin America? Other than the heavy investment in extractive industries and construction, what other sectors have attracted the interest of Chinese entrepreneurs? What difficulties or barriers have Chinese companies faced in the region, particularly in the mining sector, and has there been a learning process regarding how to operate on the ground? 

Speakers

Shan Huang
Associate Managing Editor (Beijing), Caixin Media

Yuanan Zhang
Washington Correspondent, Caixin Media

Commentator

R. Evan Ellis
U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute

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Latin America Program

The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action.  Read more

Kissinger Institute on China and the United States

The Kissinger Institute works to ensure that China policy serves American long-term interests and is founded in understanding of historical and cultural factors in bilateral relations and in accurate assessment of the aspirations of China’s government and people.  Read more

China Environment Forum

Since 1997, the China Environment Forum's mission has been to forge U.S.-China cooperation on energy, environment, and sustainable development challenges. We play a unique nonpartisan role in creating multi-stakeholder dialogues around these issues.  Read more

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