Customs agreement between China and Chile

A customs agreement for authorized economic operator (AEO) status signed between China and Chile came into force on October 8. According to the Chinese General Administration of Customs (GAC), this is the first mutual recognition with China officially implemented in South America.

Brazil and China reach WTO agreement on sugar imports

Brazil initiated a complaint in 2018 at the WTO challenging China’s “safeguard” measure on imported sugar, its tariff quota administration, and its “automatic import licensing” system for extra-quota sugar.

Change of contractor at Hidroituango could reactivate Sinohydro’s participation in the project

Located on the Cauca River between the municipality of Ituango and the town of Puerto Valdivia and estimated to supply energy to a large section of the western Colombia, Hidroituango is one of the most ambitious hydroelectric projects to have been implemented in the country in recent years. Construction of the project began in November 2010, once the tender —in which the Chinese company Sinohydro participated— launched by Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) was won by the CCCI Consortium.

China’s Film Industry: An instrument for internal education and communication with the foreign public.

In the 9th episode of the Coffee & Silk Podcast, Parsifal talks with Veronica Flores, Argentinian professor, and expert on Contemporary China´s art, social and cultural history. On this occasion, Veronica takes a quick trip through China´s Cinema history and the relationship between this industry and the government. Flores emphasizes the importance of Chinese artistic expressions and creative language, as a tool to gain attention from the foreign public.

Thoughts of a Latin American journalist living in China: Isolda Morillo´s experience

In this episode of the Coffee & Silk Podcast, Parsifal talks to Isolda Morillo, journalist and writer from Ayacucho, Perú where she share with us her experience over the dynamics of Journalism in China.

China-Brazil Relations and the types of dependency between China-LAC: a conversation with Thiago de Aragão

In the 7th episode of the Coffee & Silk Podcast, we chatted with Thiago de Aragão about China´s interest y Latin America and the Caribbean and the dynamics of this relationship with a strong focus on Brazil.

China – Latin America relations: a point of view from Mexico with Enrique Dussel

In Episode 6th of the Coffee & Silk Podcast, Parsifal and David chat with Enrique Dussel Peters about topics such as the Chinese Direct Investments in LAC, the Latin Americas´s institutions that study the China-Latin America relationships, the importance of generating new concepts regarding these relations, as well as the triangular relationship between the countries of Latina America and the Caribbean, the United States and China.

China’s environmental track-record in Latin America: a conversation with Fermin Koop

This week on Silk & Coffee, Parsifal and David talk to Fermin Koop about the environmental challenges surrounding China’s engagement in Latin America and the Caribbean.

China-Caribbean relations, a conversation with Rasheed Griffith

In this episode, our hosts David and Parsifal talk with Rasheed Griffith about China´s engagement with the Caribbean. During the conversation Rasheed address the diverse composition of the Caribbean and the differences and commonalities along the region. He also talks about the development of China’s relationship with the Caribbean.

Sino-Latin American relations through the prism of Argentine foreign policy, a conversation with Jorge Malena

This week on Silk & Coffee, Parsifal talks to Dr. Jorge Malena about the pillars of Chinese foreign policy in Latin America and the Caribbean, the evolution of the Chinese development model and its impact on the country’s international interests, and the fluctuations of Argentine domestic policy and its influence on the country’s relationship with China.

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