China's Advance in Latin America: Geoeconomic Perspectives

invitation only · Finnish Institute of International Affairs Kruunuvuorenkatu 4, Helsinki · 29.09.2017 09:15 - 11:00

invitation only

China’s economic presence in Latin America has grown remarkably in recent years. It now stands as a major alternative to Western sources of trade, investment and technology, providing Latin American states with new options and opportunities to purse greater autonomy from particularly the US. The seminar will analyze this growth of China’s economic role in Latin America, how it affects the geopolitical and geoeconomic environment in the region, and what the strategic implications are for Europe and the US. It will also discuss pertinent topics such as the increasing importance of US and Russian influence in Venezuela’s crisis and how that may affect China’s role and policies.

Speakers

China's Advance in Latin America: Geoeconomic Perspectives

Matt Ferchen

Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Matt Ferchen China's Advance in Latin America: Geoeconomic Perspectives 29.9.2017

China's Advance in Latin America: Geoeconomic Perspectives

Ralf Leiteritz

Professor of International Political Economy, Rosario University
Ralf Leiteritz China's Advance in Latin America: Geoeconomic Perspectives 29.9.2017

China's Advance in Latin America: Geoeconomic Perspectives

Mikael Wigell

Senior Research Fellow, the Finnish Institute of International Affairs
Mikael Wigell China's Advance in Latin America: Geoeconomic Perspectives 29.9.2017

chair

Elina Sinkkonen

Senior Research Fellow

China’s domestic and foreign policy, security politics in East Asia, authoritarian governance, great power relations, national identity and nationalism

Elina Sinkkonen China's Advance in Latin America: Geoeconomic Perspectives 29.9.2017