Time for a U.S. Pivot to Latin America

Time for a U.S. Pivot to Latin America   By Kevin P. Gallagher | Tuesday, June 18, 2013   Increasingly, Latin American countries see China not as a rival but as a valuable trading partner. In fact, explains Kevin Gallagher, China has become a better partner in many ways than the United States. China is offering attractive deals to Latin American economies, while the United States continues to lecture and dictate. It's time for a real reset in U.S.-Latin American trade relations. The Obama administration and U.S. media have made much ado about the U.S. "pivot" to Asia. While Obama has made an Asian "pivot," China has been lining up economic allies in the U.S. backyard. What has largely escaped their attention, however, is that China has been lining up economic allies in the erstwhile "backyard" of the United States.