China: One Belt One Road. What’s in it for Latin America? - BBVA Research

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Por Sumedh Deorukhkar / Alvaro Ortiz / Tomasa Rodrigo / Le Xia

- In this watch, we examine China-Latin America economic ties and explore ways to deepen integration between the two under the One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative. Our analysis also includes the use of Big Data to measure media coverage and sentiment on news related to OBOR and Chinese infrastructure investments in Latin America.

- While Latin American (Latam) countries are currently not members of OBOR, China’s impact on Latam’s regional development has been significant over the past decade. China has emerged as amongst the key trade partner and investment source for several countries in Latam.

- On the flipside, heavy dependence on commodity exports has made Latam vulnerable to a slowdown in China’s growth and its rebalancing efforts. With regards China-Latam investment links, Chinese foreign direct investments (FDI) in Latam aren’t uniform, still relatively muted and largely concentrated in the region’s natural resources sector.

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