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Trade Issues and Beyond: M exican Perceptions on Contemporary C hina
Author(s) -
Cornejo Romer,
Haro Navejas Francisco Javier,
LeónManríquez José Luis
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
latin american policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.195
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2041-7373
pISSN - 2041-7365
DOI - 10.1111/lamp.12005
Subject(s) - rivalry , economics , perception , incentive , advertising , international trade , international economics , political science , business , market economy , psychology , microeconomics , neuroscience
Opposing the idea that emerging powers in an increasingly multipolar world should have incentives to cooperate, this article analyzes how Mexican perceptions of contemporary C hina have enhanced competition between the two countries. The article identifies the M exican trade deficit and the rivalry of Chinese and Mexican manufacturing exports in the U.S. market as the main sources of mistrust. Despite increasing exports of oil and copper to C hina, these commodities do not offset M exico's imports from C hina. We focus on perceptions and misperceptions forged by M exican media, politicians, and business, as well as the recurrent diplomatic divergences between M exico C ity and B eijing that these attitudes feed. The gap between the heated views of these groups and the more favorable views reported in opinion polls and articles by M exican scholars is also discussed. This article concludes that, as long as most M exican perceptions of C hina are negative, attempts to craft closer relations will not go very far.