生活在2000多万平方公里美洲大陆上的4.5亿拉丁美洲人,由于历史和地缘政治诸多原因,历来把对外经济发展战略的重点放在美国和西欧。包括中国在内的亚太地区与拉美经济往来较少。 然而近年来,由于美欧经济的不景气和日趋严重的贸易保护主义,尤其是亚太地区经济持续高速发展,引起拉美国家的重视。拉美多数国家已认识到,若要摆脱拉美地区在国际贸易中地位日益下降的被动局面,必须逐步改变现有格局。从21世纪开始,拉 The 450 million Latin Americans living in the more than 20 million square kilometers of the American continent have always placed the emphasis in their foreign economic development strategies on the United States and Western Europe for historical and geopolitical reasons. The Asia-Pacific region, including China, has less economic ties with Latin America. However, in recent years, due to the sluggish economy in the United States and Europe and increasingly serious trade protectionism, the rapid economic development in the Asia-Pacific region in particular has drawn the attention of Latin American countries. Most Latin American countries have realized that if they want to get rid of the passive situation in Latin America’s dominance in international trade, the current pattern must be gradually changed. From the 21st century, La