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KittyKat007@lemmy.ml to sino@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months ago

China megaport paves way into Latin America as wary US looks on

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China megaport paves way into Latin America as wary US looks on

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A new China-backed megaport in Peru may create whole new trade routes that will bypass North America entirely.
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    paves way

    couldn’t think of a way to explain it in terms of hamburgers so they used a carbrained metaphor instead

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      explaining China to Americans imagine a GBU-59 Enhanced Paveway II laser guided bomb

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    Looking ahead, South American countries such as Peru, Chile and Colombia would be vulnerable to pressure because of the bilateral free trade agreements they have with the US, which Trump could seek to renegotiate or even tear up.

    wouldn’t this push LATAM closer to china?

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      Why yes, yes it would. xi-lib-tears

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        But at what cost?

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    doesn’t the US have a comprador in charge and troops on the ground in Peru?

    were they just not able to cancel this project or what

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