Editing Latin America (section)

=== China ===
China's economic influence in Latin America increased substantially in the 21st century. Imports from China valued $8.3 billion in 2000, but by 2022 its value was $450 billion and had grown to be the largest trading partner of South America, as well as the second-largest for the broader Latin America.<ref name="Council on Foreign Relations">{{cite web|title=China's Growing Influence in Latin America|url=https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/china-influence-latin-america-argentina-brazil-venezuela-security-energy-bri#chapter-title-0-1|website=Council on Foreign Relations|access-date=May 5, 2022|archive-date=May 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505174838/https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/china-influence-latin-america-argentina-brazil-venezuela-security-energy-bri#chapter-title-0-1|url-status=live}}</ref> In particular, many of the investments are related to the [[Belt and Road Initiative]] or energy. China has also provided loans to several Latin American countries; this has raised concerns about the possibility of "[[Debt-trap diplomacy#CITEREFChina Africa Research Initiative2022|debt traps]]."<ref>{{cite news|title=China Faces 'Creditor Trap' in Lending to Latin America: Q&A|website=[[Bloomberg News]]|date=February 22, 2022|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-22/china-faces-creditor-trap-in-lending-to-latin-america-q-a|access-date=May 5, 2022|archive-date=May 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505174839/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-22/china-faces-creditor-trap-in-lending-to-latin-america-q-a|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Council on Foreign Relations" /> Specifically, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, and Argentina received the most loans from China during 2005–2016.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Baisotti|first1=Pablo|title=New Global Cities in Latin America and Asia: Welcome to the Twenty-First Century|date=2022|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=9780472902743|page=324|doi=10.3998/mpub.12105185|jstor=10.3998/mpub.12105185|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3998/mpub.12105185|access-date=May 18, 2022|archive-date=May 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518174253/https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3998/mpub.12105185|url-status=live}}</ref>