CHILE AND UNITED STATES SIGN FREE-TRADE AGREEMENT.

From: NotiSur - South American Political and EconomicAffairs | Date: December 20, 2002 | Copyright information

Chile and the US announced on Dec. 11 that they had successfully concluded negotiations to sign a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The announcement was made in Washington, DC, by US Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Zoellick and Chilean Foreign Relations Minister Soledad Alvear. US and Chilean nongovernmental organizations criticized the lack of citizen input in the negotiating process.

The agreement could go into effect by mid-2003, given that the US Congress authorized trade promotion authority (also known as fast-track) for US President George W. Bush to expedite ...

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