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2AC Frontline [Critical Immigration]: China Disadvantage [3/5] 3692) The Disadvantage’s portrayal of Latin America as just a plaything for China and the U.S. to fight over is colonialist and denies agency and autonomy for the people involved. ELLIS, 12 [Evan, assistant professor of National Security Affairs at National Defense University; “The United States, Latin America and China: A “Triangular Relationship”?” May, http://www.thedialogue.org/PublicationFiles/IAD8661_China_Triangular0424v2e-may.pdf] Although the concept of a triangle to define the relationship among China, the United States and Latin America is not, in itself, morally offensive, it subtly advances a neocolonialist paradigm by suggesting that best way to understand Latin America’s complex relationships with important parties beyond the region is to focus on two countries, the United States and China. It also implies that the actions and decisions of these two actors will largely define outcomes for Latin America as the third “leg” of the triangle. This is flawed on two counts. First, as already noted, it conceals other possibilities, including a dynamic relationship between Latin America and multiple other global actors, creating space to have multi-dimensional relationships and achieve benefits from interactions that permit the growth of all parties. Second, it implies a logic, and perhaps even a legitimacy, for the United States and China to “coordinate,” not only with respect to their policies toward and activities in Latin America, but also in their “management” of Latin America as the two dominant stewards of the global order, just as Great Britain, France and Spain negotiated over colonies and “subordinate” states in a prior era. 3) Non-Unique: The U.S. is already outspending China in Latin America by more than 3-to-1. REUTERS, 13 [Gary Regenstreif, “The looming U.S.-China rivalry over Latin America,” 6/12, http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/06/12/the-looming-u-s-china-rivalry-over-latin-america/] The United States, Latin America’s largest trading partner throughout much of its history, still retains this position. Washington has now signed free trade agreements with more than a third of the hemisphere’s nations and annually exchanges more than $800 billion in goods and services with Latin America — more than three times the region’s commerce with China. 2AC Frontline [Critical Immigration]: China Disadvantage [4/5] 3704) No Link: Their evidence assumes the plan specifically targets a Chinese policy in Latin America with the goal of replacing it. China does not have a policy in place to do what the plan does, so there is no risk of overlap or competition. 5) No Impact: Security concerns in Latin America will not lead to escalation because there is plenty of space for cooperation between the U.S. and China. TOKATLIAN, 07 [Juan Gabriel; professor of international relations at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Agentina; “Latin America, China, and the United States: a hopeful triangle” 2/09, http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-protest/hopeful_triangle_4336.jsp] But the most critical factor in favour of a positive-sum relationship between China, Latin America, and the United States is in the area of trilateral security. Luckily for the three parties, Latin America is no epicentre of weapons of mass destruction and lethal transnational terrorism. The main Chinese concerns vis-à-vis the area are Taiwan and the provision of energy. In addition to both topics, which are disquieting matters for Washington, the United States identifies other questions that impact its sensation of vulnerability resulting from China's growing ties with Latin America. Among them are: China's latent military projection in the region, the Panama Canal, Colombia, Cuba, and Venezuela. For Latin America there is a wide-ranging set of security problems that have more of a day-to-day and direct impact on its citizens: the issue of weak states, the use and abuse of illicit drugs, the expansion of organised crime, the proliferation of small arms, the degradation of the environment, and the growth of corruption. A rigorous, unbiased analysis of the triangular security agenda shows that the most sensitive concerns for Beijing and Washington do not necessarily lead to conflict. Some issues may require a mutual accommodation (Taiwan, energy), others subtle mechanisms of consultation (Cuba and Venezuela), and still other topics are not problematic (Colombia and the Panama Canal) or real (Chinese military assertion in the region). In parallel, the most substantive worries for Latin America require political will, preventive diplomacy and cooperative treatment; an endeavour that could involve all three parties, without individual costs and with shared benefits. To sum up, there is a huge potential for designing and implementing a non-confrontational geopolitics among Latin America, China, and the United States. This, in turn, may be no trivial contribution to world peace. 2AC Frontline [Critical Immigration]: China Disadvantage [5/5] 3716) Non-Unique: The U.S. is the largest trading partner for Latin America, and Chinese investment is not sustainable. POLICYMIC, 13 [Luis Costa, international affairs student at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service; “U.S. Chins Relations: Should Washington Be Concerned Over Growing Chinese Trade in Latin America?” June, http://www.policymic.com/articles/48673/u-s-chins-relations-should-washington-be-concerned-over-growing-chinese-trade-in-latin-america] Yet how worried should the U.S. be over these figures? One thing to take into consideration is the fact that the U.S. still retains a comfortable lead against China in absolute terms: Washington exchanges $800 billion in goods and services with Latin America annually, more than three times the region's trade with China. Moreover, the fact that most of China's confirmed investments in Latin America target the extraction of natural resources raises questions about the sustainability of China's investment in the region. It means that a sudden change in commodity prices could have serious consequences for Chinese foreign direct investment into the region. Finally, according to ECLAC data, most of China's trade with Latin America has been concentrated in a small group of countries, namely Argentina, Brazil, and Peru. This is a key fact that must be taken into consideration when evaluating China's involvement in the region as a whole. 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