The US economy is often referred to as the “banker to the world,” due to its unique role in supplying global reserve …

We explore the global footprint of Chinese banks and compare it with that of other bank nationalities. Chinese banks … banks, and Chinese banks in particular, grant a substantial share of their cross-border loans from affiliates located abroad … Chinese banks, however, distance deters lending to EMDEs less than for peer EMDE banks. We show that for all banks combined …

This study examines the determinants of entry into by foreign firms, using information on 515 Chinese industries at the … entry matters more than access to the rest of China, which is consistent with market fragmentation due to underdeveloped …

. Moreover, China’s rising overseas investment can be linked to the rebalancing of Chinese economy, and LAC stands to benefit … from its complementarity vis-à-vis China in sectors where the rising Chinese overseas investment can be met with LAC’s own …Over the last decade China’s investment in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has increased substantially in volume …

front than Latin America and other parts of the world. The contrast with Latin America is largely explained by stronger …