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Trade
China’s entry into Latin America offers opportunities to diversify beyond reliance on the U.S. market, writes AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth for China-US Focus.
The perception is that the U.S. has changed track and that trade policies will begin to reflect that, comments AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth as China opens to Latin America.
"If you try to break that connection, then all economies suffer,” says AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth on U.S.-Mexico ties in view of Trump's trade policy.
“Taking a protectionist turn would be extraordinarily disruptive, not just for our trading partners but for the United States,” points out AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth.
“There is a strategic shift going on between the U.S. and China for leadership in the Asia-Pacific region," says AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth on the impact of the U.S. pulling out of TPP.