This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Lynn Tu

The article?published on your website entitled??Trade Competition from China? by Osvaldo Rosales painted in a somewhat entirely deserved negative light theimpacts?of such Chinese exports on Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia. ?However, the region could also view such trade as an opportunity rather than just a threat, and?even?the ambivalent ongoing role of Taiwan (informally known as ?The Other China?) should at least have been awarded a passing nod that would be worthy of analysis. ?Research indicates that Latin America has become a major beneficiary from its trade relationship with China, as well as being the venue for fierce competition. ?Beijing is now the primary foreign trade partner for most of the Latin American nations. ?Although some criticsof this trend contend?that China trade expansion does not always have a beneficial impact on Latin American economies, and that China, to the contrary, is not proving to be a constructive force when it comes to human rights observance, it is important that regional countries continue to work closely with?the Asian behemoth?in order to receive some of the many benefits that could lie ahead for them.

It is perfectly clear that imports originating from China have made substantial inroads in the region?s domestic and export markets. ?However, it is equally important for Latin America to take advantage of this opportunity to expand its own market horizons, rather than view this increase only in terms of fierce competitive factors or as a permanent threat to its economic prowess. ?China should currently value its relationship with Latin American countries to a large extent as a function of the economic stability that the region has displayed in the past decade during the ongoing global financial crisis. ?Moreover, since half of its rival Taiwan?s surviving diplomatic relationships is present within this region, it is of distinct importance for China to ensure that it maintains robust ties within the Latin American economic market. ?Knowing how to build up?the necessary?leverage behind such commercial relationships in order to secure a reliable competitive advantage with Beijing?s other trading partners should place?China?high on the agenda of stellar trading powers like Brazil, Mexico or Argentina. ?Latin American nations should continue to tolerate a two-China policy, in order to sustain a pattern of ongoing economic growth. ?Yet Beijing should be mindful that its present indifference when it comes to the subject of human rights would remain a heavy shroud over the current tempo of commercial exchange between China and its Latin America trading partners for, as long as it is not lifted. ?But once again, becauseChinese Vice President Xi-Jinping insisted during his current trip to the U.S. that Beijing is not insensitive to human rights,?change may be in the air.

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Tags: Beijing, Brazil, China, Human Rights, Latin America, Trade, Xi Jinping

Source: http://www.coha.org/letter-to-the-editor-re-new-study-chinese-exports-undermine-latin-american-manufacturing/

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BEIJING?A career law-and-order official has been tapped to run a Tibetan area at the center of protests against Chinese rule, and is calling for his subordinates to take a hard line against unrest while trying to raise local living standards.

Liu Zuoming was appointed as Communist Party secretary of Sichuan province’s Aba region over the weekend. It is not clear whether his transfer was prompted by the latest unrest or part of a regular rotation of officials. His predecessor in Aba, Shi Jun, was promoted to police chief for Sichuan.

In a speech posted on the Aba government website, Liu told local officials Saturday that they “must correctly handle the relationship between stability and development. There can be not the slightest relaxation on stability, nor the slightest paralysis or laxity.”

Liu, who is 54 and a member of China’s Han Chinese majority, spent the past three decades working his way up the law enforcement bureaucracy in Sichuan and headed the province’s justice bureau until his new appointment. In those positions, he would have been at the forefront of efforts to combine pro-growth policies and improved social welfare with strict policing and, in Tibetan areas, controls on religion.

Aba, a sprawling region that rises from the Sichuan plain up steep valleys to the Tibetan plateau, saw some of the most violent protests in a rebellion against Chinese rule in 2008. Since then the government has poured in investment to boost the region’s economy and heavy security to prevent unrest, though protests?and self-immolations by monks and nuns?have ticked up over the past year.

Source: http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_19960016?source=rss

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LONDON (Reuters) ? European stocks and the euro were under pressure Tuesday after a euro zone plan to boost crisis funds parked with the IMF failed to reach a hoped-for target, though looming ECB funding for the region’s banks lifted sentiment in some bond markets.

The euro hovered around $1.3010 Tuesday, slightly up on the day and off Monday’s low of around $1.2983. It hit an 11-month low of $1.2944 last week.

“Concerns about the European situation will keep the euro under pressure even if it manages short-term rises,” said Sumino Kamei, a senior currency analyst at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ.

European shares (.FTEU3) extended a two-week slide to be down around 0.3 percent while MSCI’s world equity index (.MIWD00000PUS) was little changed.

Euro zone ministers agreed Monday to boost the IMF’s resources by 150 billion euros to help tackle the region’s two-year old debt crisis, but it was unclear if the bloc would reach its overall 200 billion euro target after Britain bowed out. This has created doubts about whether the scheme would work with London, Washington and Germany’s Bundesbank unenthusiastic.

The increase in the IMF resources was seen as a vital part of Europe’s steps to prevent the debt crisis from spinning out of control given worries that the region’s scheduled permanent bailout fund is too small to handle the debt problems.

Attention is gradually switching to Wednesday’s first offering by the European Central Bank of low-cost, three-year funds to the region’s banks, which some hope will encourage them to buy high-yielding Spanish and Italian bonds while other believe will be used instead to repair their balance sheets.

A Reuters poll showed euro zone banks were expected to snap up 250 billion euros at the tender, although forecasts ranged from 50 to 450 billion euros, indicating a high degree of uncertainty.

Earlier the mood in Asian markets was still risk-averse, after the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il raised fears of regional instability, though share market recovered much of Monday’s losses.

Tokyo’s Nikkei share average (.N225) ended up 0.5 percent, moving away from Monday’s three-week low(.T), while South Korea’s benchmark index (.KS11) outperformed with a 0.7 percent rise, after plunging as much as 5 percent on news of Kim’s death. (.KS11)

Market players said thin pre-holiday trade may exaggerate price swings, but further heavy selling was unlikely until there was another catalyst, such as European sovereign ratings cuts.

In the oil market Brent crude futures rose above $104 on Tuesday, buoyed by the risk of supply being disrupted from Central Asian oil producer Kazakhstan, even as sanctions-hit Iran struggles to maintain its production and Libyan output is delayed.

(Additional reporting by Chikako Mogi)

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111220/bs_nm/us_markets_global

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