American logistics expert reports from China video: Why South America now does all its business with China: US companies, Wall Street investors are dumb and lazy. US Ambassador called US companies has a US$1.4 billions project in Panama, no American company calls him back. So all went to Chinese companies! 美國物流專家中國影片報告: 為什麼南美洲現在所有生意都跟中國做：美國公司、華爾街投資人又蠢又懶。美國大使打電話給美國公司在巴拿馬有一個14億美元的項目，沒有美國公司回電給他, 最後中國公司通吃。

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https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NX73BL/
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https://dialogo-americas.com/articles/china-to-proceed-with-fourth-bridge-over-panama-canal/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/140815-panama-canal-culebra-cut-lake-gatun-focus
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https://www.wsj.com/world/as-exxon-pumps-guyanas-oil-china-is-winning-battle-for-influence-9a8b657c

In the past twenty years, China has become the leading trade partner for most of the countries in South America. This is despite strong overtures by Latin America for increased trade and stronger ties with North America and Western Europe.

China has poured hundreds of billions of dollars of Foreign Direct Investment into South America. China’s Belt and Road Initiative involved large upgrades to South American ports, rail, and logistics systems, and dozens of Chinese companies invested heavily into factories and smart cities.

In contrast, the American government has shunned taxpayer-subsidized loans and investment, because most of South America are too wealthy to qualify as charity cases.

But Wall Street, private equity, and major US engineering firms are also, strangely, staying home instead of bidding on these multi-billion dollar construction jobs. And American companies are also pulling back and out of South America, even as the region is experiencing a major boom in household incomes and middle class growth.

近20年來，中國已成為大多數南美洲國家的主要貿易夥伴。 儘管拉丁美洲強烈建議增加貿易並加強與北美和西歐的聯繫。

中國已向南美洲注入了數千億美元的外國直接投資。 中國的「一帶一路」倡議涉及對南美港口、鐵路和物流系統的大規模升級，數十家中國公司對工廠和智慧城市進行了大量投資。

相較之下，美國政府迴避了納稅人補貼的貸款和投資，因為南美洲大部分地區都太富有，不符合慈善案例的資格。

但奇怪的是，華爾街、私募股權和美國主要工程公司也都待在家裡，而不是競標這些價值數十億美元的建築工程。 美國公司也在從南美洲撤出，儘管該地區正在經歷家庭收入和中產階級成長的大幅成長。