Ellis, Robert E CIV USARMY AWC (USA)

Subject: New Evan Ellis article (English y Español): Covid-19 accelerates China's advance in a more distrustful world: Prospects for Latin America

Dear Colleague:

Although I just shared my publication on the EU and Latin America with you last week, I am writing now with my newest article, in both Spanish and English: “Covid-19 accelerates China’s advance in a more distrustful world: Prospects for Latin America.” 

The article examines how the tentative PRC recovery from Covid-19, at a time when the West continues to struggle with the health, economic and financial implications of the pandemic, positions China and its companies to make significant advances in global supply chains from bankrupt former suppliers, as well as by acquiring assets sold off by Western companies seeking to shore up their financial positions, and by negotiating financing and other deals with fiscally challenged Western governments (eg. Argentina).  The article further argues that the advance in China's position is likely to be accompanied by increased friction arising from perceptions of the PRC role in the propagation of the virus, as well as clashes between new Chinese owners, and local labor and communities in a Latin America under greater economic, social and political pressures than ever, thanks to the pandemic.

The article begins with the Spanish-language version, and continues with the English version.  It is included here as a PDF file, and is also available on the website of RedCAEM, which published it: (if this link becomes divided between multiple lines, please paste the entire link into your web browser).

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I would like to thank RedCAEM for translating the article into Spanish and for publishing it.  And thank you, as always, for your interest in my work and the opportunity to continue in contact through this means.

Respectfully,

Evan

Dr. R. Evan Ellis
Research Professor of Latin American Studies U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute
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