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The 2025 APEC Summit, held in early November in Gyeongju, South Korea, came to a close with a hopeful image: a renewed spirit of dialogue between the United States and China following a bilateral meeting between President Trump and President Xi. 

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In late September 2025, the Andean Community (CAN, for its acronym in Spanish) granted observer status to China, marking Beijing’s latest diplomatic advance into a sub-regional body of Latin America and the Caribbean. Access to the CAN is part of ...

China’s Copper Smelting Boom Backfires Amid Global Supply Strains

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New Corridor, New Strategy: China’s Bi-Oceanic Railway and Latin America’s Trade Route Battleground

A series of geopolitical pressures is forcing China to rethink its approach to Latin America’s strategic waterways. Since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to office, Washington has stepped up efforts to curtail Chinese influence in the Panama Canal, a vital artery for global trade and military logistics. ...

Peru Seeks Rail Meeting with China, Brazil

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The Pain of Un-Polarity

“THE G2 WILL BE CONVENING SHORTLY!”
This post by U.S. President Donald Trump in the run-up to his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week may end up leaving a more lasting mark than the actual summit he attended.

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Chinese, Brazilian Officials Discuss Building New Transcontinental Railway to Peru Megaport

Nearly a dozen officials from the China State Railway Group and China's Transportation Ministry spent last week in Brasília holding talks about building a massive transcontinental rail line that would link Brazil to the Chinese-operated Chancay megaport in Peru. The discussions are ...

U.S. or China? Latin America Under Pressure to Pick a Side

Latin America has emerged as a key battleground in U.S. President Donald Trump's confrontation with China, and the region is coming under pressure from Washington to choose a side. The Trump administration's approach to China's growing Latin American footprint -- seen as ...

China Has Invested Billions in Ports Around the World. This Is Why the West Is so Concerned

By Claudio Bozzi, Lecturer in Law at Deakin University On his way to the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro in November, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Peruvian President Dina Boluarte to officially open a new $3.6 billion deepwater mega-port in ...

At Summit Under Trump Shadow, Xi and Biden Signal Turbulence Ahead

By Danny Kemp and Mariette Le Roux U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Friday warned of turbulent times ahead in remarks at an Asia-Pacific economic summit in Lima overshadowed by Donald Trump's impending return to the White ...

At APEC, China’s Xi Warns of Growing ‘Unilateralism’

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned the world on Friday that it was entering an era of growing "unilateralism" and "protectionism" in comments at a major Asia-Pacific trade summit in Peru. Xi was in Lima for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit ...

Xi Inaugurates South America’s First Chinese-Funded Port in Peru

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday inaugurated Latin America's first Beijing-funded port in Chancay, Peru -- a symbol of the Asian superpower's growing influence on the continent as it prepares to face off with a new Donald Trump administration. The $3.5-billion ...

U.S. Urges Vigilance on Chinese Investment as Xi Opens Peru Port

The United States on Thursday called on Latin American nations to be vigilant about Chinese investment as President Xi Jinping inaugurated a major port in Peru. Xi, in Peru alongside US President Joe Biden for the APEC summit, was opening the ...
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