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Article: Beware: China at U S. border.(The Orlando Sentinel)
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- November 25, 2004
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Byline: Myriam Marquez
President Bush, in Chile last weekend for an economic summit of Pacific Rim nations, can talk up trade all he wants, but it's China that's doing the wheeling and dealing in Latin America at our peril.
Chinese Premier Hu Jintao spent 12 days in the region pledging billions of dollars to close deals in Argentina, Brazil and, yes, Chile. Everything from investing in gas pipelines in Brazil and copper mining in Chile to oil exploration in Argentina. Oh, yeah, throw in Chinese tourists, too.
Meanwhile, Bush's Americas free-trade agreement goes nowhere as members of Congress, including Republicans, try to set up protectionist ...