Gallagher in China Dialogue on The China Triangle
Kevin Gallagher, Professor of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was recently interviewed about his new book, The China Triangle, and discussed Latin America’s relationships with the world’s two largest economies, China’s globalization and why the country is not to blame for Latin America’s environmental problems.
Gallagher was interviewed in an April 21, 2016 article on China Dialogue entitled “Why China Is Not to Blame for Latin America’s Environmental Problems.”
From the text of the article:
China has really helped the world to reduce carbon emissions by pioneering new technologies and accelerating their diffusion better than we’ve seen in 50 years, but they’re not globalising their big domestic contributions. They’re globalising the things that are on the way out at home. For example, we’re seeing fewer coal plants in China. Latin America is stuck in a commodity-led growth mindset that was only accentuated by Chinese demand. Too much blame is placed on China and it’s too easy for Latin Americans to blame others for their environmental problems. As I say in the book, these economies need to use those as sources of growth to diversify into cleaner and more socially inclusive economic activity. That means protecting natural resources.
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Kevin Gallagher is the co-chair of the Task Force on Regulating Capital Flows and has served as an advisor to the Department of State and the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States, as well as to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Gallagher has been a visiting or adjunct professor at the School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; El Colegio de Mexico in Mexico; Tsinghua University in China, and the Center for State and Society in Argentina.