In 2023, Mexico became the United States’ top trading partner, surpassing China. Just as the Mexican and American economies integrate, though, so have the Mexican and Chinese economies, with China now the former’s fastest-growing foreign investor. This has worried Washington, including members of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, who see in … Read more
In the complex geopolitical landscape of our time, the simmering tensions between the United States and China are far from a distant superpower showdown. These tensions have concrete implications, particularly in Latin America – a region historically swayed by U.S. influence and now increasingly being drawn into China’s economic orbit. China’s growing influence in Latin … Read more
Advertisement In July 2023, data showed exports from China falling by an unprecedented 14.5 percent year-on-year, while imports fell 12.4 percent, the worst performance since February 2020. That bad news was followed by a worse-than-expected performance for Chinese industrial production, which increased only 3.7 percent in July over the prior year, as well as by … Read more