whereas an updated Association Agreement, together with the agreements with Mexico and Mercosur that are currently being (re-)negotiated, would reinforce the EU’s role as a key ally of Latin America, at a time when other players are increasingly trying to gain influence in the region, such as China and Russia;
ker bi se s posodobljenim pridružitvenim sporazumom v povezavi s sporazumoma z Mehiko in Mercosurjem, glede katerih potekajo (ponovna) pogajanja, utrdila vloga EU kot ključne zaveznice Latinske Amerike, in sicer v času, ko si drugi akterji, kot sta Kitajska in Rusija, vedno bolj prizadevajo za povečanje svojega vpliva v regiji;