Abstract

LIZAMA POBLETE, Natalia Andrea  and  LEE CHENG, Yun-Tso. MULTILATERALISM AD HOC IN THE RELATIONS CHINA-LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN AND SOUTH-SOUTH COALITIONS IN WTO'S NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING AGRICULTURAL TRADE. rev.relac.int.estrateg.segur. [online]. 2013, vol.8, n.2, pp.37-60. ISSN 1909-3063.

This article aims to show how China has diversified its strategy of relations with Latin America and the Caribbean, where the bilateral dimension is complemented by a multilateral one, proposing that China has wielded a non-conventional strategy, which implies the growth of China's diplomatic action from highly institutionalized multilateral scenarios to other less institutionalized, such as the South-South coalitions of developing countries -specially the G-20 and the G-33- in the framework of WTO's international agricultural negotiations. This responds to the composition of both coalitions, their interests, objectives and their collective leadership thanks to the consensus-reaching capacity in these coalitions and along with others groups.

Keywords : China; Latin America and the Caribbean; multilateralism ad hoc; agricultural trade; WTO.

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