If the cost of exporting to the United States goes up, countries may shift to trading with China, explained the AS/COA vice president on the radio program.
The belief that Latin America has to choose between the U.S. and China is a "strategic defeat" for the U.S., says AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to AP.
Nine of the region’s leaders have gone to Beijing. What have they accomplished on their trips?
Watch co-curators Tie Jojima and Yudi Rafael speak about the intention behind the exhibition, on view through December 14 at Americas Society in New York.
"It really platforms China in a major new way in South America as the gateway to global markets," said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to The Wall Street Journal.
"China is taking advantage of our absence and that's a real problem," said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to Reuters.
Chilean, Colombian, Mexican, and Peruvian leaders are among those in attendance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in San Francisco.
