| Summary/Abstract |
China has become an important dimension of US relations
with Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). In the last twenty years, China has increased its trade, investments, financial,
and political ties with the region, an area of US influence for
most of the twentieth century. As has been the case globally,
the Trump administration has increased its pressure against
China in LAC. The Brazilian experience shows that countries
in the region are being pressured to make policy choices that
effectively require them to renounce their own interests in
response to Washington’s demands. Both the United States
and China are crucial partners to LAC and the possibility of
being forced to choose between them is among the main
strategic risks the region faces
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