The emergence of Latin America and the Caribbean as an arena for US-China competition raises a number of important questions: What are China’s goals in LAC? Is its presence there a good thing for the region? What challenges does it create? How is the US responding? Enrique Dussel Peters responds to these questions from a fresh perspective, exploring the dynamics of new triangular relationships.

Enrique Dussel Peters is professor of economics and director of the Center for Chinese-Mexican Studies at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).