You need to argue with someone else, slugger.The USA governmnet has never invested anywhere near Europe and specifically China in South-America.
Neither European governments, especially not China have "imposed" their political conviction onto South-American nations.
So why should anyone in South-America give the USA a preferential status, or increase trade? (rather decrease) Especially now after Mercosur, and the US led (war-crime) attack onto Venezuela? Not to mention all the other terrorist attacks and coupe de etat's conducted by the USA in the past decades.
The main fact that you MAGA dolts ignore - the USA since more then 4 decades, isn't a manufacturing hub anymore but a huge consumer hub - aka totally dependent on IMPORTS. No US president or US government is able to reverse this situation in less then 2 decades, if at all.
Take your rabbit trail, and go home.


