China's growing influence appears to have some drawbacks in Latin America. Beijing has targeted countries such as Guatemala and outraged retailers in Brazil.
The blockade of Guatemalan goods is one of several minor conflicts beginning to overshadow China’s course in Latin America, which has long been oriented toward growth and expansion.
Those conflicts were, however, of a different nature, Vladimir Rouvinski, an associate professor with the Department of Political Studies at Icesi University in Cali, Colombia, told DW.
In Costa Rica, the government urged one of the managers of state-owned energy supplier ICE to leave the company after some 70 high-ranking employees had visited a party organized by Chinese technology giant Huawei.
According to Brazilian media, Chinese online retail platform AliExpress was “surprised” by the decision, as the tax would primarily hit the poorest and discourage foreign investment in the country.
In the textile industry, considerable anger has been directed at Chinese suppliers, because conglomerates such as Shein, which don’t produce their goods under the same conditions and general framework as small Brazilian firms, are pushing thousands of local companies out of the market.
According to reports by Nicaraguan media critical of the government, Chinese companies operating in the country have received 13 mining concessions within little more than half a year.
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The blockade of Guatemalan goods is one of several minor conflicts beginning to overshadow China’s course in Latin America, which has long been oriented toward growth and expansion.
Those conflicts were, however, of a different nature, Vladimir Rouvinski, an associate professor with the Department of Political Studies at Icesi University in Cali, Colombia, told DW.
In Costa Rica, the government urged one of the managers of state-owned energy supplier ICE to leave the company after some 70 high-ranking employees had visited a party organized by Chinese technology giant Huawei.
According to Brazilian media, Chinese online retail platform AliExpress was “surprised” by the decision, as the tax would primarily hit the poorest and discourage foreign investment in the country.
In the textile industry, considerable anger has been directed at Chinese suppliers, because conglomerates such as Shein, which don’t produce their goods under the same conditions and general framework as small Brazilian firms, are pushing thousands of local companies out of the market.
According to reports by Nicaraguan media critical of the government, Chinese companies operating in the country have received 13 mining concessions within little more than half a year.
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