Introduction The Middle-income Trap�� A Puzzle from Different Perspectives

Chapter 1 Post-China Boom Development�� Policy Priorities for Latin America in the Way Out of the Middle-income Trap
1�� China's Slowdown and Its Impact on Latin America
2�� Innovation as the Way Out of the MIT
3�� Rebuilding the Sino-Latin American Economic Partnership
4�� Conclusions

Chapter 2 The Lack of Large Local Enterprises as an Important Explanation for the Middle -income Trap in Latin America
1�� Main Hypothesis
2�� The Chinese Case
3�� Literature Review
4�� The Technological Backwardness of Latin America
5�� Methodology
6�� Final Considerations

Chapter 3 Free Trade Agreements as Mechanisms of Wide-ranging and Multi-Iayered Cooperation�� China and the Deepening of Relations with Chile

1�� Theorizing the Political Economy of Trade Agreement and International Infiuence
2�� Comparative Analysis
3�� Discussion
4�� Conclusions

Chapter 4 Mercosur and China�� Partnerships�� Challenges and Opportunities
1�� A Brief History of Mercosur
2�� Mercosur�� China and the Middle-income Trap
3�� Political Economy of China-Mercosur Ties
4�� An Agenda for a New Mercosur-China Partnership
5�� Conclusions
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Chapter 5 China-Mexico FTA�� Overcoming Trade Barriers to Escape the Middle-income Trap
Chapter 6 The Multimexicans in China
Chapter 7 Strategies for the Construction and Internationallzation of Chinese Brands Aimed to the Latin American Market
Chapter 8 Chinese Creative Cities as a Path to Escape of the Middle-income Trap
Chapter 9 The China's International Cooperation�� a Pathway to Escape the Middle-income Trap in Latin America?
Chapter 10 Chinese Funding for Development in Latin America�� Geopolitical Approach and New Opportunities for Escape of the Middle-incomeTrap
Chapter 11 China and Brazil�� Transitioning from the Middle-income Trap to Sustainable Development?-A Sociological Perspective on Con- sumption�� Inequality and the Middle-income Trap
Chapter 12 Climate Change in Brazil and China�� Impacts�� Political Responsesand Challenges

Conclusions
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