美国对中国加强与拉美合作的认识与政策

近来中国加强与拉美国家合作的举动引起美国的广泛关注.就像美国国内不同群体对于中国崛起的看法一样,在中拉合作问题上美国各派也表现出类似的认识差异.国会、国防部、多数媒体仍以负面看法居多,学术界相对客观,行政部门较为慎重.他们的关注涉及到中拉双方的政治合作、经贸与能源合作、军事与安全合作等问题,担心这些举动可能削弱美国在当地的影响力,阻碍美国在当地推进的改革计划,从多方面危及美国的国家安全.但鉴于美国在拉美地区强大的传统影响力以及中拉合作的有限性,美国政府对此仍处观望之中,尚无成型的具体对策,在首先争取理性面对的同时,也从多方面加强了防范措施.

American Policy in Response to China's Strategy of Strengthening Cooperation with Latin America

China's recent gestures to strengthen cooperation with Latin American nations have aroused the attention of the US. Just as is the case of China's rise when American people expressed different ideas and attitudes, similar divergence has been demonstrated about this among various parties in America. The administration's concerns include political cooperation between China and Latin-America, trade and energy cooperation and that in military and security. They are worried that these may weaken the American influence in Latin America, intervene with the US reform projects there, as well as pose threat to the US national security in that region. Given the powerful American influence and the limited scope of Sino-Latin American cooperation, the American government is still watching without taking specific actions. They probably mean to face up the situation rationally in the first place. They have strengthened variously measures to keep guard, though.