Xi Jinping woos Latin American leaders
by editors@theworld.org (Carol Hills) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6X8SA)
China extended a credit line of $9.2 billion to Latin American and Caribbean countries on Tuesday. Xi Jinping made the gesture at the opening ceremony of the China-CELAC, or Community of Latin American and Caribbean States Forum in Beijing. China is offering itself as the stable alternative to the tariff-raising Trump administration. Host Marco Werman speaks with Isabel Hilton, founder of the China Dialogue Trust, about which side benefits more from a strengthened trade relationship between China and Latin America.