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China is South America’s largest trading partner and Latin America’s major foreign investor. Taking advantage of the rising Left in the continent, Beijing is strengthening bilateral ties in America’s backyard.

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The RealClearMarkets/TIPP Economic Optimism Index is the earliest take on consumer confidence each month and predicts with high reliability monthly changes in sentiment in well-known polls by The Conference Board and the University of Michigan. Began in February 2001, the Indices were developed by TIPP for its media partners

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