Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto hosts Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Since 2003, only Brazil and Peru have received more of China’s FDI to Latin America than Mexico (image: Angèlica Rivera de Peña).
The new Atlantic Council – OECD Development Centre report, Chinese FDI in Latin America: New Trends with Global Implications, shines a light on an area previously clouded by unclear data: annual investment flows by Chinese firms to the region have averaged over 10 billion dollars over the previous five years. This new reality establishes China as a major partner for trade, lending, and now, investment for Latin America.
