Trade cooperation between Cuba and China. Current perspectives for the sustainable development of these nations

Abstract

In a context of reconfiguration of the international order, China emerges with a more open and pragmatic policy. Its trade and collaboration relationships have increased, over all with Latino-America and The Caribbean in the last decade. In this period, China and Cuba have established a close cooperation on the base of their shared values and perception on national and international issues, beyond their ideological affinities This article clarifies certain issues related to the current situation of China-Latin America and the Caribbean relations, with emphasis on Cuba. It is carried out a qualitative analysis of the matter through a bibliographic review of the scientific literature and the information official sources, using Documentary analysis technique. With the objective of analyzing Chinese- Cuban trade relationships, it is necessary the study of these nations sociopolitical context and their specific features. The study covers the dynamics of these cooperation relationships in the present international scene, as well as sets a look at the evolution of China-Cuba economical relationships. It is evident that both countries have to face challenges that demands big efforts to encourage joint investments, advance in the mutual realities dominion, in the training and professionalization of the factors that intervene in the negotiation arduous process in a constant changing environment.