TY - JOUR
T1 - Chinese Economic Statecraft and U.S. Hegemony in Latin America
T2 - An Empirical Analysis, 2003–2014
AU - Urdinez, Francisco
AU - Mouron, Fernando
AU - Schenoni, Luis L.
AU - de Oliveira, Amâncio J.
PY - 2016/11
Y1 - 2016/11
N2 - If one interprets China's sizable rise in Latin America as an unprecedented phenomenon, it follows that the concurrent story of declining U.S. influence in the region is an event hastily acknowledged at best and ignored at worst. In this article, we ask whether Chinese economic statecraft in Latin America is related to the declining U.S. hegemonic influence in the region and explore how. To do so we analyze foreign direct investments, bank loans, and international trade from 2003 to 2014, when China became a major player in the region. We use data from 21 Latin American countries, and find that an inversely proportional relationship exists between the investments made by Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs), bank loans, manufacturing exports, and the U.S. hegemonic influence exerted in the region. In other words, Beijing has filled the void left by a diminished U.S. presence in the latter's own backyard.
AB - If one interprets China's sizable rise in Latin America as an unprecedented phenomenon, it follows that the concurrent story of declining U.S. influence in the region is an event hastily acknowledged at best and ignored at worst. In this article, we ask whether Chinese economic statecraft in Latin America is related to the declining U.S. hegemonic influence in the region and explore how. To do so we analyze foreign direct investments, bank loans, and international trade from 2003 to 2014, when China became a major player in the region. We use data from 21 Latin American countries, and find that an inversely proportional relationship exists between the investments made by Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs), bank loans, manufacturing exports, and the U.S. hegemonic influence exerted in the region. In other words, Beijing has filled the void left by a diminished U.S. presence in the latter's own backyard.
U2 - 10.1111/laps.12000
DO - 10.1111/laps.12000
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84993967104
SN - 1531-426X
VL - 58
SP - 3
EP - 30
JO - LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY
JF - LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY
IS - 4
ER -