[Jameison]

"Chilie has signed a number of economic agreements with China"

So have we.
A very high percentage of the good priced stuff we buy from discount retailers are made in China, as do plenty of the parts we find in our PC's and Boeing sells a bucket load of planes to China.

What is your point?

[tonycavanagh]

re :What is your point?

China has a habit of using economics to extend her influence, I am not saying that they have any designs on gaining a foothold in South America but they use real or imagined fears of the States as bargaining chips.