Chinese President Xi Jinping Was especially absent From the recent BRICS Summit in Brazil. This was a sign of the times.
China is losing land in Latin America, and its many companies Are packing for AfricaThese events can be the result of a change in the rules of the game – or perhaps the leadership of President Trump and his new Monroe theory.
Trump administration has renewed and reinforced Mono theory In 1823, establishing a zero-optional policy for intervention from additional powers in the US. These changes have forced China to re-evaluate and redirect China to transport, telecommunications, infrastructure and strategic minerals. Political failures also include countries seeking close ties with Taiwan and strong alliances, a nation that China claims as its territory.
China is losing land in MexicoChina’s byd, the world’s largest electric car company and Tesla’s chief contestant announced that it has canceled the construction of a huge electric vehicle plant in Mexico. The project will have the capacity to produce 150,000 cars per year, which will generate millions of dollars for China. The company recognizes the trump effect; The new American leadership has inspired him to reconsider his expansion plans in Latin America. BAD Vice President Stela Lee said, “Geophysical issues have a great impact on the motor vehicle industry.”
China also suffered a big shock Ecuador mining areaFirm Terurerth Resources canceled four projects after the Ecuador’s government decided to suspend activities of exploration and exploitation due to non -non -compliance with environmental regulations.
Chinese strategy is also failing to control lithium supply. Byd and tsingshan The plan for the construction of Lithium processing plants in Chile has been canceled, investment of approximately $ 500 million and an estimated 1,200 jobs have been produced. Lithium is essential for electric vehicles and is considered a strategic material in business matters and more importantly, in safety issues. Chile is one of the largest lithium reserves in the world, and China has lost attractive business here.
The defeat and delay of Chinese firms projects in Latin America is a result of new and strong American leadership.
State Secretary Marco Rubio’s first international visit was not for Europe or Asia, but for Central America. A clear message was sent: Latin America, and especially Central America, is a priority for the visit of American Rubio, resulting in an unprecedented defeat to the Communist Geophysical Sports in the global south, signed at the end of the belt-end-road initiative agreement between Panama and China.
In Panama, telecom company Huawei also ShockedThe Chinese firm criticized for its relationship with the People’s Liberation Army had to eliminate its system in 13 strategic places, which were replaced by American -made technology.
Costa Rica It is also moving forward with the winds of change. Foreign Trade Promotion Agency sent a delegation to Taiwan to find out business opportunities, especially in a semiconductor area, where Taipei is a world leader. Costa Rica’s intelligence and security office also attended a training session in Taiwan. Both incidents created strong diplomatic complaints from China.
Changes in Panama and Costa Rica are not coincidence; They are strategic. Both these nations are undisputed leaders in Central America and they affect the region. China knows this and is in panic mode.
The leadership through Trump’s new Munro theory and power is atypical, unexpected, politically incorrect, but undeniably successful. China is sending a clear signal of pressure and pain, re -evaluation, restricting restrictions and resumes of its several investments. It is losing a fight once a day.
Arturo McFields is a exile journalist who is Nicaraguan Ambassador in the organization of American states, and a former member of Norwegian Peace Corps. He is an alumnus of the Security and Defense Seminar and Harvard leadership course of the National Defense University.
