South-South bilateral relations: Argentina?s political and trade links with Southeast Asia (2007-2011).

PAOLA ANDREA BARONI; MARÍA FLORENCIA RUBIOLO

Jurnal global dan strategis

Centre for Strategid and Global Studies, Airlangga University

Lugar: Surabaya; Año: 2012 vol. 7

1907-9729

The studies regarding the links between South America and South East Asia haven?t had enough interest from the academia of both regions. This phenomenon shows the limited importance of the interregional and bilateral relations among the countries of both regions. This can be explained due to historical, cultural and political reasons, besides geographical ones. However, today it can be observed increasing and constant ties caused by the growth of world trade interdependence, the development of the communications and means of transportation, and the extension of the strategy of growth based on exportations (export led growth), among other phenomena. Our objective is to carry out a diagnosis of the bilateral relations through an analysis of the commercial and political links between Argentina and its main trade partners in Southeast Asia (SEA). Since both regions are considered part of the developing world, the concept of diversification becomes central so as to understand the objectives as well as the obstacles that emerge from the rapprochement. We consider that this paper will be an important contribution to the studies of South-South relations, even though they have been prolific in the hemisphere, they have overlooked the relations among these two regions.