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Alvaro Cuervo-CazurraIn addition to trade, there are other economic relationships like immigration and the accompanyingremittance flows between the two regions. The analysis of 2010 data from theWorld Bank (2012) reveals that the estimated stock of immigrants from Latin America inAsia was 419,187, and they remitted an estimated US$1247mn to Latin America, while theestimated stock of Asian immigrants in Latin America was 204,166, and they remitted an estimatedUS$576mn. The migratory relationship between Brazil and Japan dominates theserelationships, with 320,624 Brazilians in Japan and 71,367 Japanese in Brazil. Nevertheless,although important, these migratory flows pale in comparison with others; just the number ofMexican immigrants in the United States was 11,635,995, and they sent back an estimatedUS$22,190mn in 2010.192. Special Issue on Economic Relationships between Asia and Latin-AmericaThe papers in the special issue provide a better understanding of these and other economicrelationships between Latin America and Asia. They are the outcome of a conference thattook place at the Monterrey Tec in Guadalajara on August 19-20, 2010, which was organizedby the center for Asia-Pacific under the direction of Clemente Hernández and Mauricio Cervantes.The focus of the conference was to gain a better understanding on the relationshipsbetween Latin America and Asia. Of the 17 presentations given, the seven best were selectedfor inclusion in this special issue, and the rest were selected for inclusion in an edited volume(Hernández Rodríguez, 2012). The papers selected for this special issue went througha double-blind review process and appear in this issue after the inclusion of suggestions.The papers reflect not only the importance of relationships and the need for a better understandingof them, but also the ability to use this novel and unusual relationship as the basisfor a new research frontier that can be explored in detail.Four of the papers focus on the relationship between Latin America and Asia from the LatinAmerica side, with two of the papers analyzing direct relationships and another two providingcomparisons. Montoya (2012) uses the case of the international joint venture betweenthe Mexican conglomerate Grupo Salinas and the Chinese automobile firm FAW to analyzehow international joint ventures between firms from developing countries challenge some ofthe assumptions discussed in the literature. He argues that while the danger of collaboratingand creating a competitor is diminished, the challenge of selling products from developingcountries is maintained and limits the success of the international joint venture. Falck Reyes(2012) analyzes in detail the evolution of Japanese foreign direct investment in Mexico. Shedocuments how Japanese firms increased investments in the 1980s with the transformationof the economy as pro-market reforms were implemented and especially after the NorthAmerican Free Trade Agreement was established in 1994, facilitating the expansion of export-ledassembly plants (maquiladoras). Hernández Rodríguez and Montalvo Corzo (2012)review the characteristics that lead to the success of clusters of firms. They compare theGCG GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY - UNIVERSIA ENERO-ABRIL 2012 VOL. 6 NUM. 1 ISSN: 1988-7116pp: 16-22
Economic Relationships between Latin America and Asia: A new Research Frontier20experiences of China and Mexico and make recommendations for the creation of more successfulclusters in Mexico based on the Chinese experience. Gerber (2012) compares thelong-term evolution of the determinants of growth of China and Mexico. Among the multipleexplanations for the differences in growth, he concentrates on geographic and institutionaldeterminants, providing detailed recommendations for policy makers.Three of the papers discuss the relationship from the Asian side, with two analyzing directrelationships and another providing some lessons from the analysis of the Chinese experience.Liu (2012) discusses the relationship between China and Latin America and reviewsthe common challenges that they face. He reviews historical and current relationships anddocuments the change and deepening of relationships. Zhu (2012) provides a detailed historicalaccount of the economic relationships between China and Latin America, the impactof the financial crisis, and the continued deepening of the relationships. He details both thebenefits and the challenges that the imbalances are creating in the relationships and providesrecommendations for policy makers. Wong (2012) reviews the process by which Chinahas been moving up the value chain, providing a detailed framework for better understandingupgrading that can be useful for decision makers.These papers open avenues for future research on the relationship between Latin Americaand Asia. Both regions have been changing quickly after the pro-market reforms of the late20 th century and these changes have helped the countries grow and prosper and becomemore internationally integrated. Future research needs to go deeper into these relationshipsand use them as a laboratory for providing better academic insights and policy-makingrecommendations.GCG GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY - UNIVERSIA ENERO-ABRIL 2012 VOL. 6 NUM. 1 ISSN: 1988-7116pp: 16-22
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