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The US Could Tariff China’s $3.5 Billion Mega Port in Peru

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The US Could Tariff China’s $3.5 Billion Mega Port in Peru
View of the Chancay mega port in the small town of Chancay, north of the Peruvian capital Lima, on Oct. 29, 2024. Cris Bouroncle/AFP via Getty Images
Anders Corr
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping opened a mega port in Peru on Nov. 15. Beijing plans to make the $3.5 billion deepwater port the start of a road network that reaches throughout Latin America and extracts raw materials such as lithium, iron ore, and soybeans in exchange for China’s electric vehicles, electronics, and other exports.
Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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