Latin American MSMEs and the Belt and Road Initiative

Abstract

This chapter analyzes the importance of the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Latin American production structures, their domestic characteristics and circumstances, restrictions and opportunities for access to international markets, and how from the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to the region could be improved within the framework of competitiveness, at the geopolitical and technological level, including specific policies, to develop the strategic position on trade relations with China.