The results of the Pacific Alliance summit last month suggest that “this new economic bloc is an emerging powerhouse in Latin America,” writes AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth for World Politics Review.
AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth suggests that there is no “head-to-head race for influence” between the U.S. and China as they seek to strengthen trade ties with their Latin American partners.
COA Vice President Eric Farnsworth outlines why the vice president’s tour is part of “a long-overdue strategy of hemispheric engagement in 2013.”
Washington recognizes it needs “to contend more actively for the Americas,” comments AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth as the U.S. and China reach out to Latin America’s markets.
“For the first time questions are being raised about whether [Latin America] pushed the U.S. too far away” while China expands its reach in the region, comments AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth.
At AS/COA’s panel on the Pacific Alliance, Colombia’s Ambassador to the U.S. Carlos Urrutia expressed that "we understand the [bloc] as much more than a trade agreement."
