The impact of Chinese expansion on the environment of Latin American y    Car-ibbean countries

Trade and economic relations with China, according to most international and Latin American experts, have a negative impact on the environment of the region. The further expansion of ties planned by both sides threatens to cause significant damage to the nature of Latin America. In this regard, the study of the factors of harmful influence, the identification of industries, methods of management that destroy the ecosystems of the region, as well as the issues of responsibility of both Chinese and Latin American authorities for the state of the environment is of great importance. The proposed article focuses on the analysis of the Chinese-Latin American cooperation in the field of extractive industry, infrastructure, agriculture, - industries that cause the greatest damage to the ecology of the region. The changes in China's environmental policy at home and abroad are considered. So far their effect in Latin America is estimated as minimal, they can bring some benefit to the region only if the national environmental policy of its countries is strengthened and the character of China-LAC relations modified.

Keywords

environmental problems, Latin America, China, environmental policy, trade and economic relations

Received

22.05.2019

Publication date

29.05.2019

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37576

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GOST	Lavut A. The impact of Chinese expansion on the environment of Latin American y Car-ibbean countries // Latin America – 2019. – Issue 6 C. 5-17 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://latamerica-journal.ru/S0044748X0005096-4-1 (circulation date: 20.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S0044748X0005096-4
MLA	Lavut, Anna "The impact of Chinese expansion on the environment of Latin American y Car-ibbean countries." Latin America 6 (2019):5-17. DOI: 10.31857/S0044748X0005096-4
APA	Lavut A. (2019). The impact of Chinese expansion on the environment of Latin American y Car-ibbean countries. Latin America (6), pp.5-17 DOI: 10.31857/S0044748X0005096-4

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