The Pacific Alliance and the hegemony of China and the United States

Abstract

This article aims to show the relationship of the four member countries of the Pacific Alliance (AP) and the People's Republic of China. The third objective of the Pacific Alliance is to become a platform for political articulation, economic and commercial integration, and projection to the world, with emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region (Alianza del Pacífico, 2015). China is the main market in Asia Pacific market and the second in the world, however, the Alliance has important links with the United States, both for its economic model and for the free trade agreements that each member country has with that country. The United States and China are in a trade war, and both compete for regional and international trade. The trade deficit with China, which the United States also shares, is due to Chinese commercial dominance with the world. The way the PA is facing this déficit is by closing the Chinese market and establishing alliances with the United States. This situation generates questions such as the way in which the countries of the Pacific Alliance face the so-called “trade war between the United States and China” and how they face the dichotomy between the importance of the growing Asian market led by China versus being part of the influence zone of the United States. This article explores the relations between the countries of the Pacific Alliance and China, form which it can be concluded that the new Silk Road is an alternative for the diversification of the Pacific Alliance.