Cuba and China: Governance and Industrial Collaboration

Abstract

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the Cuban government has sought to diversify its foreign economic partnerships. Cooperation with China has emerged as a critical avenue of trade and investment in conventional sectors like nickel and tourism, but also in more innovative operations like the domestic assembly of vehicles and electronic consumer goods. Designed and implemented through governmental channels rather than the private sector, these initiatives reflect unconventionally long-term economic goals and a broadly conceived plan of inter-industry coordination. While collaboration with China has improved certain aspects of daily life in Cuba such as access to public transport and electrodo..