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March 4, 2025

What is China’s Role in a Shifting Geopolitical Reality?

Chinese diplomats have recently said that China seeks to maintain stable relations with Latin America amid ongoing geopolitical unrest. Peru’s Port of Chancay, which is owned by Chinese shipping firm COSCO, is pictured. // File Photo: rjankovsky via Adobe Stock.

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  • China will always be a “trustworthy” partner to Latin America, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Feb. 18 during a United Nations meeting, according to China’s foreign ministry. Wang’s statement came amid growing pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump on Latin American countries, including Panama, whose ties to China Trump has criticized. What will Trump’s policies mean for Chinese investment and influence in Latin America? How will China seek to increase its influence in Latin America in the coming months and years, and how is Trump likely to react? What relative advantages do the United States and China offer to Latin American countries?

A

Margaret Myers, managing director of the Institute for America, China and the Future of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and senior advisor at the Asia & Latin America Program of the Inter-American Dialogue: “China is positioning itself as a viable alternative to U.S. partnerships within the Latin American region. This is not a new strategy. It is something that China has attempted for many years amid shifts in U.S. policy. As the United States has looked increasingly inward in recent years, China has claimed to embrace multilateralism. When climate declines in importance on the U.S. foreign policy agenda, China amplifies its climate-related messaging in Latin America and other regions. In other words, China’s messaging in the region has been shaped, at least in part, by developments in U.S. policy. In practice, China continues to engage with Latin America for largely the same reasons…”

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