China’s BRI Extension to South America: Challenges and Opportunities for the Regional Order in the Post-pandemic

MARÍA JULIANA GONZÁLEZ JÁUREGUI; DIANA TUSSIE

Regional and International Cooperation in South America: Challenges and Opportunities for the Post-Pandemic

Routledge

Año: 2022; p. 43 - 62

This chapter analyses trends in China’s trade, investment, and finance in South America, examining the extent to which theintroduction of the BRI transformed patterns of engagement. It looks at China’s multilayered strategy towards the region before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Subsequently, the chapter addresses how South American countries haveresponded to these trends and how these responses have altered regional interests and preferences. Finally, the chapter offers conclusions about the challenges ahead, considering the conjuncture in which China rises and the US holds ondistress regionalism.