The EU-LAC-ASIA triangulation strategy: A new boost for European-Latin American relations?

The political dialogue started almost two and a half decades ago with the so-called ‘San José Process’ is without doubt one of the soundest bases of Euro-Latin American relations. At the beginning of this century, during an internal debate on stronger biregional relations and in response to general and structural changes in the international environment, the idea arose to extend this bi-regional dialogue towards a trilateral or triangular dialogue which included Asia as the third player on the stage. This paper questions whether this strategy could be a significant step towards renewed dialogue and a strategic partnership between the two regions.