The US is looking for new tools to expand its influence in Latin America in order to compete with China on the continent where Beijing has made significant progress. It has been reported Bloomberg He refers to a senior official in the administration of US President Joe Biden.
Juan Gonzalez, Director of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the US National Security Council, said that the US plans to expand its network of free trade agreements with Latin American countries, as well as reform the Development Finance Corporation, which invests in low- and middle-income companies. countries.
Gonzalez noted that the United States now lacks the means to compete with China in the region, and that Washington “is trying to use the methods of the past in an area where China and other countries are using the methods of the future.”
Former US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken declarationThat China has taken a series of dangerous military actions against the United States and other Western countries in recent months. According to him, American planes flew in international space, conducted regular operations, and the pilot of the PRC took dangerous actions against him and came too close to the US plane.