Weekly Report - 24 July 2014 (WR-14-29)

China’s relations with Latin America tend to fall into two categories. First, the essentially clientelist relationship Beijing has with the continent’s smaller, more heterodox economies, such as Cuba and Venezuela. Secondly, the China-dominant, but still reciprocal, trade relations it enjoys with the region’s powerhouses, Brazil and Mexico. Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Latin America this past week confirmed Argentina’s position among the former group of nations.