Turkey, Chile set to sign free trade agreement
World Bulletin | Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Turkey, Chile set to sign free trade agreement
Turkey and Chile were set to sign a free trade agreement, Turkish State Minister Zafer Caglayan said on Monday.
Caglayan proceeded to Chile after paying an official visit to Brazil over the weekend. The Turkish minister met Chilean Finance Minister Andres Velasco Branes, Housing, Urbanism & Public Land Minister Patricia Poblete Bennett, and Minister of State & National Property Romy Schmidt Crnosija.
Caglayan said a free trade agreement between Turkey and Chile would make great contributions to the services sector, adding that contractors, engineers and consultation firms of the two countries would be able work together.
"I believe that the agreement will boost our trade volume with Chile up to at least 1 billion USD within a couple of years from a current 474 million USD. The agreement is of special importance in that it will be the first free trade agreement to be signed at the Chilean Presidential Palace," Caglayan told the Anadolu Agency.
