Gallagher in Bloomberg on Donald Trump, China and Latin America
Kevin Gallagher, Professor of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was recently interviewed on how President-Elect Donald Trump could open doors for China in Latin America if he follows through with campaign promises including building a wall along the Mexican border and ending regional trade agreements.
Gallagher was interviewed for a November 18, 2016 article in Bloomberg View entitled “Trump Opens Doors for China in Latin America.”
From the text of the article:
But Latin America has an escape valve: China. And as pundits and economists gauge the words out of Washington, indications are that the region’s pivot toward Asia is about to become even more acute. “As the U.S. takes a step back from Latin America, China continues to bound ahead,” said Boston University professor Kevin Gallagher, who has tracked Chinese interests in the Americas. “This is an opportunity and could actually help the region’s bargaining power.”
You can read the entire article here.
Gallagher also penned an Op-Ed in The Financial Times on November 16, 2016 on the 2016 United States presidential election, and how the U.S. has regressed in terms of economic relations with Latin America while China is strengthening economic ties with the region. You can read the entire Op-Ed here.
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.