A December deadline requiring Mexico to eliminate tariffs against Chinese products could bring more of the Asian giant’s goods to Mexican markets—and open doors for business cooperation. In a recent CNBC interview, AS/COA President Susan Segal discussed prospects for deepening Asian-Latin American relations.

As part of its Asia-Latin America initiative, AS/COA co-hosted with the Asia Society a forum to discuss Asian Perspectives on Latin America. This report offers a summary of remarks by Chinese Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong and Chilean Ambassador Mariano Fernandez, as well as analysis of deepening Pan-Pacific trade and business relations with an eye to APEC 2008 in Peru.

Chile, Mexico, and Peru are among the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum members that met at the annual meeting. What was achieved in Australia and how will Peru manage its role as the next APEC Summit host? 

Government officials from South Korea, China, and Peru, along with private sector experts and others, offered first-hand insight into current and future areas of inter-regional cooperation. Asia-Latin America free trade is on the rise as Peru prepares to host the 2008 APEC annual summit.

Latin America’s eyes are on China and India. Both countries are admired for their economic success over the past years, but also have become an increasing source of mistrust as they might be displacing us on the global markets of manufactured goods and flows of foreign investment.

When the presidents of Mercosur countries gathered in Córdoba, Argentina last week to celebrate Venezuela’s entry and discuss plans for the “great gas pipeline of the south,” a key item was missing from their discussion: technological innovation.