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October 20, 2023

How Much of Peru’s Power System Does China Control?

The United States has reportedly raised concerns to Peru over China’s control of the power supply in Lima. Power lines in Peru are pictured. // File Photo: Proinversión.

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Margaret Myers, director of the Asia & Latin America Program at the Inter-American Dialogue: “Chief among the aims of China’s investments in Latin America and the Caribbean is promoting engagement with ‘new infrastructure’ sectors, which China believes will boost domestic economic growth and help it escape the middle-income trap. As a result, much of China’s economic engagement has focused on trade and investment in high-tech or other innovation-based industries and on exporting its excess capacity. This includes persistent excesses in the state-run steel sector, which have motivated key rail and other infrastructure projects across the globe. China also faces excess capacity in its construction sector and has therefore sought new investment opportunities, including and especially in the Global South, given the infrastructure needs in these regions and increasingly limited investment opportunities at home. Many of these companies have either…”

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

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Atlas Renewable Energy

Jeffrey Davidow
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The Cohen Group

Analia Gonzalez
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Jonathan C. Hamilton
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White & Case

Raul Herrera
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Arnold & Porter

James R. Jones
Chairman,
Monarch Global Strategies

Jorge Kamine
Partner, Corporate &
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Craig A. Kelly
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Int’l Government Relations,
Exxon Mobil

Jeremy Martin
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Energy Program,
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