Canada–Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) is a trade agreement between
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...
and
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
. It was signed on December 5, 1996, in
Santiago, Chile
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...
and came into effect on July 5, 1997. Tariffs on 75 percent of bilateral trade were immediately eliminated. It was Canada's first free trade agreement with a Latin American nation (other than Mexico), and was Chile's first full free trade agreement. Over the first decade, trade between Canada and Chile increased more than 300%, with the trade of goods rising from $718 million in 1996 to $2.7 billion in 2010. Bilateral service trade increased to $164 million by 2005. Canadian investments in Chile reached $13.3 billion in 2010, and Canada has been the largest source of new investment in Chile.
In 2012, Canadian prime minister
Stephen Harper
Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015. He is to date the only prime minister to have come from the modern-day Conservative Party of Canada, ser ...
and Chilean president
Sebastián Piñera announced the expansion to the CCFTA, with a financial services chapter in which Canadian financial institutions will enjoy preferential access to the Chilean market and can compete on a level playing field vis-à-vis their competitors. This financial services chapter came into effect in October 2013.
In 2015, Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau tasked his
Minister of International Trade,
Chrystia Freeland
Christina Alexandra Freeland (born August 2, 1968) is a Canadian politician and journalist who has served as the Member of Parliament (Canada), member of Parliament (MP) for University—Rosedale (federal electoral district), University—Rose ...
, with expanding the CCFTA in her mandate letter.
History of trade balances
Amounts in millions of Canadian dollars.
See also
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Canada–Chile relations
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Rules of Origin
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Market access
In international trade, market access refers to a company's ability to enter a foreign market by selling its goods and services in another country. Market access is not the same as free trade, because market access is normally subject to condition ...
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Free-trade area
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Tariffs
References
External links
*The free trade agreement at
** Chil
Aduana(Customs)
** Chil
Foreign AffairsMinistry
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Foreign Affairs, Trade and DevelopmentCanada
* Free trade agreement
Market Access Map(A free tool developed by
International Trade Centre
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World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations (UN) through the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
The headqua ...
, which identify customs tariffs, tariff rate quotas, trade remedies, regulatory requirements and preferential regimes applicable to products, including Canada–Chile Free Trade Agreement).
Rules of Origin Facilitator(A free tool jointly developed by
International Trade Centre
The International Trade Centre (ITC) () is a multilateral agency which has a joint mandate with the
World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations (UN) through the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
The headqua ...
,
World Trade Organization
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and
World Customs Organization
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which enables traders to find specific criteria and general origin requirements applicable to their products, understand and comply with them in order to be eligible for preferential tariffs. The tool is very useful for traders who want to gain benefit from Canada–Chile Free Trade Agreement).
Free trade agreements of Chile
Free trade agreements of Canada
1996 in Chile
Treaties concluded in 1996
Treaties entered into force in 1997
Canada–Chile relations
1996 in Canadian law
Presidency of Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
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