A Dangerous Alliance? The Relationship Between Ecuador and China

Salvatore Monni and Luca Serafini

No 818, SEEDS Working Papers from SEEDS, Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to outline the relationship between Ecuador and China, highlighting its main threats to the development of the Ecuadorian Republic, and in particular how the implementation of the buen vivir economic paradigm which Ecuador is experimenting with may be affected if it does not change the terms of engagement with the Asian giant. The paper is structured as follows: in the introduction, we present an overview of the historical framework of the Chinese relationship with Ecuador. There follows an analysis supported by data on the commercial situation between the two countries, and its implications for the development of the Latin American state. In our final remarks we present the possible routes that Ecuador could follow to secure its path to development, whilst highlighting possible conditions under which Ecuador could cooperate with China while avoiding a state of dependency.

Keywords: Buen Vivir; China; Dependency; Ecuador; Productive Matrix; Sovereignty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B59 O10 O20 O54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2018-03, Revised 2018-03
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