1 alexander hammer is an economist at the united states international trade commission usitc and dr james kilpatrick central intelligence agency cia views presented in this article are solely those of authors do not necessarily represent position or us government 2 china s exports imports to from latin america constituted a 3 4 percent share its global flows between 1999 2005 as reported through world atlas 8 digit harmonized system hs level classification analysis was primarily conducted on chinese official data given need for consistent highly detailed set information distinctive patterns & prospects b gov kilpatrj miami edu september 2006 i introduction merchandise balance with fell billion surplus deficit while magnitude bilateral remained small relative it has represented increasingly important source economic growth many
