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EU in Latin America trade push
21-Mar-2016 EurActiv
The EU is in a drive to deepen trade ties with Latin America. It is eager to do business with Cuba, and on the cusp of relaunching negotiations with Mercosur.
Medicines Without Frontiers: the TPP – a barrier to access to life saving generic medicines
10-Feb-2016 La Nación
"The battle to prevent this trade agreement from being implemented is far from over", asserts the humanitarian organization, joining the rejection that the treaty Chile signed in New Zealand arouses.
Chilean social groups to protest Monsanto, anti-democratic TPP
22-Jan-2016 Tele Sur
Citizen opposition to the signing of the TPP will take place throughout the region, with joint mobilizations taking place in Peru and Argentina.
US targets new opportunities in Latin America
20-Jan-2016 America Fruit
Economic growth and expanding middle class is fuelling demand for US agricultural products.
Philippines, Chile eye free trade deal
16-Nov-2015
The governments of the Philippines and Chile on Monday agreed to pursue a possible free trade agreement, signing a letter of intent on a joint feasibility study.
The TPP will finish what Chile’s dictatorship started
11-Sep-2015 The Nation
This September 11th will be the forty-second anniversary of the US-backed coup against the democratically-elected Chilean government. Salvador Allende warned against neoliberalism’s disastrous effects just before he was overthrown. He was right to be worried.
Where the TPP could lose
13-Aug-2015 Foreign Policy In Focus
Activists in Chile have made their government draw red lines on the corporate-friendly investment deal. North Americans could take a lesson.
TPP stakes are high, so harden up
5-Jun-2015
There has never been any doubt that the United States, and especially the US Congress, wields ultimate power over the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
PH eyes 3 more bilateral agreements
28-May-2015 Rappler
The Philippines plans to forge bilateral agreements with Mexico, Chile and Canada, after the countries started last week exploration talks aimed at further strengthening their trade and economic relations.
Chilean ambassador: FTA talk with China to cover e-commerce
22-May-2015
Chile’s ambassador to China said the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to Latin America will cover several new areas, including e-commerce, government purchases, and financial services.
Leaked Pacific trade pact draft shows investment carve-outs sought
27-Mar-2015 Reuters
Australia’s medicine subsidies, Canadian films and culture, and capital controls in Chile would be carved out from investment protection rules being negotiated in a Pacific trade pact, according to a draft text released by Wikileaks on Wednesday.
Indonesia to resume free-trade talks
19-Mar-2015 Asia One
Indonesia will resume free trade and economic partnership negotiations with important trading partners as President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo’s administration steps up efforts to boost exports amid the country’s economic slowdown.
Chile, Dominican Republic to negotiate FTA
19-Jan-2015 Tax-News.com
Chile and the Dominican Republic expect to formally start negotiations towards a free trade agreement (FTA) in April this year, Chile’s General Director of International Economic Relations, Andrés Rebolledo said.
Chile interested in free trade agreement with PH—Domingo
12-Jan-2015
A Chilean delegation is set to arrive in March and may initiate talks for a bilateral free trade agreement with the Philippines, Trade Secretary Gregory Domingo said over the weekend.
Bachelet and Merkel push for "upgrade" to EU-Chile trade pact
27-Oct-2014 Reuters
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet got encouragement from Germany’s Angela Merkel on Monday for her push to update Chile’s free-trade pact with the European Union and improve conditions for foreign investment.
Pacific trade pact hindered by secrecy in US-Japan talks: Chile
4-Oct-2014 Reuters
Secrecy about trade negotiations between the United States and Japan is hampering progress on a broader Pacific trade pact, a senior Chilean official said on Friday.
FTA between Hong Kong, China and Chile to enter into force later this month
3-Oct-2014 HKSAR Government
The free trade agreement between Hong Kong, China and Chile will enter into force on October 9, 2014, a government spokesperson said today (October 3).
China, Chile ready for new level: minister
9-Sep-2014 China Daily
Head of Chile’s agricultural sector began a trip to Asia a week ago, stopping at South Korea to sign food product export agreements. His final destination was the furthest country from his own, China. He led a delegation of representatives from public and private sectors of Chile to sign four agreements, including memorandum of understanding for the first electronic certification among Latin American countries and two food export protocols.
Latin America reacts to Israel’s massacre in Gaza
4-Aug-2014 Mint Press
Latin American countries are now moving to sever diplomatic ties with the settler-colonial state — as some have done in the past — and Chile has already suspended its existing free trade agreements.
Chile to suspend trade talks with Israel over Gaza bombing
17-Jul-2014 World Bulletin
Chile has suspended Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with Israel and is considering the withdrawal of its ambassador to Tel Aviv in protest against the Israeli bombing campaign on Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip.