CIECS   20730
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES Y ESTUDIOS SOBRE CULTURA Y SOCIEDAD
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
South America-Asia Pacific relations: Belt and Road and beyond
Autor/es:
FLORENCIA RUBIOLO
Lugar:
Montevideo
Reunión:
Seminario; Cuarto Seminario Académico del Observatorio América Latina Asia Pacífico. ?América Latina y Asia: Entre la revolución digital y una globalización cuestionada?; 2019
Institución organizadora:
ALADI, CEPAL
Resumen:
Dependency is a central concept in South America?s foreign policy, particularly in terms of economic and commercial external policy. Countries within the region have shown in the last two decades an increasing will to overcome dependency on few traditional powers through economic diversification. It has led to a growing rapprochement to East Asia, mainly underpinned by the trade relation with China. The rapproachment has gradually led to the construction of a new dependent relationship with the Asian giant, also characterized by a concentration on low value-added exports for South America, reproducing an inter-industrial and extractivist export based model, undermining local industrialization processes. In this paper, we aim to analyze the bilateral relations of the main South American economies ?Argentina, Brazil and Chile- with China and their major ASEAN partners from the concepts of diversification, autonomy and dependency. Our goal is to understand the emergence of the dependent relationship with Beijing and the consequences it might bring to South America in terms of economic policy and development. On the other hand, we aim to explore the alternative scenario SEA countries constitute for a broader, less dependent and more symmetrical economic and political relation with East Asia.