मेक्सिको और चीन के बीच आर्थिक सहयोग बढ़ाने के लिए मेक्सिको के राष्ट्रपति कालडेरॉन चीन की यात्रा पर हैं. बाक़ी लातिन अमरीकी देशों के विपरीत चीनी अर्थव्यवस्था में आई तेज़ी का फ़ायदा मेक्सिको को नहीं मिला है. लातिन अमरीकी विशेषज्ञ जेम्स पेंटर दें रहे हैं और जानकारी:

रिपोर्ट सुनिए

The economies of Argentina, Brazil, Peru and Chile have all boomed in recent years on the back of exporting more commodities to China like soya, iron ore, copper and other metals. But Mexico has mostly suffered from competition with China particularly as it supplies similar manufactured products like shoes and clothing to the US market. Indeed, many in Mexico see China as more of a threat than an opportunity. They point to the loss of foreign investment in Mexico's assembly industries, which has shifted to China because wages there are generally much lower. Mexico also has a large trade deficit with China of more than twenty billion dollars.

President Calderon is hoping to change all this. He is keen for Chinese companies to come to Mexico as China's foreign investment last year was a meagre four million dollars. That compares unfavourably with the hundreds of millions of dollars Chinese companies have invested in Peru's mining industry and Venezuela's oil and gas sectors. Mexican law prevents foreign investment in the state-owned petrol company, but the president is still hoping for joint business ventures in the steel, car and computer industries.

A large trade delegation from Brazil is also in China this week. Businessmen from Latin America's two largest economies are clearly keen to get a share of the growing demand from China's burgeoning middle class.

James Painter, BBC

आवाज़ सुनिए

boomed
तेज़ी

on the back of
चीनी अर्थव्यवस्था में आई तेज़ी के बलबूते

as more of a threat than an opportunity
बेहतर अवसर के बजाय एक चुनौती ज़्यादा है

assembly industries
ऐसे व्यवासय जहाँ कर्मचारी फ़ैक्ट्रियों में उत्पाद बनाते हैं ( जैसे टीवी, कार, कंप्यूटर)

a large trade deficit with
काफ़ी पैसा बकाया है

foreign investment
विदेशी निवेश

a meagre four million dollars
मेक्सिको को जितना चाहिए उसके मुकाबले 40 लाख डॉलर बेहद कम है

compares unfavourably
तुलना में सकारात्मक नहीं है

joint business ventures
संयुक्त व्यवसायिक उपक्रम

burgeoning middle class
बढ़ता मध्यम वर्ग