SICE: Trade Policy Developments: Chile-United States

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Trade Policy Developments

	Chile-United States

Background and Negotiations

Chile and the United States announced their negotiations towards a free trade agreement on 29 November 2000. Negotiations began December 6-7, 2000 in Washington D.C. and concluded 11 December 2002. The agreement was signed in Miami on 6 June 2003.

Documents relating to the negotiations and signing of the FTA
06 June 2003	United States and Chile Sign FTA
29 January 2003	Notice of Intention to Enter Into a Free Trade Agreement with Chile
11 December 2002	United States and Chile Conclude Free Trade Agreement
02 December 2002	Washington, D.C.: Fourteenth Negotiating Round
04 November 2002	Santiago, Chile: Thirteenth Negotiating Round
11 April 2002	Santiago, Chile: Eleventh Negotiating Round
25 January 2002	Santiago, Chile: Tenth Negotiating Round
27 November 2001	Miami, USA: Ninth Negotiating Round
21 October 2001	Santiago, Chile: Eighth Negotiating Round
15 June 2001	Washington, D.C.: Fifth Negotiating Round
02 April 2001	Miami, USA: Third Negotiating Round
Source: Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR); ProChile; U.S. Government Printing Office; U.S. Federal Register

Entry into Force

In the United States the FTA was approved through the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Implementation Act, which was passed by the House of Representatives as H.R.2738 on 24 July 2003 and in the Senate on 31 July 2003 and became Public Law 108-77 on 3 September 2003. In Chile the FTA was approved by the Congress on 23 October 2003 and implemented through Decree 312. A number of modifications were necessary to the Spanish text, which were set out in Decree 149 and modifications were necessary to the US Tariff Schedule, which were set out in USITC Publication 3652 of December 2003 and made effective by Presidential Proclamation 7746. The U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement entered into force on 01 January 2004. Tariffs for new Chilean products were eliminated on 01 January 2011, seven years after the entry into force of the U.S.-Chile FTA.

Documents relating to the entry into force
01 January 2011	Chile-U.S. FTA celebrates seventh anniversary and eliminates tariffs on 134 new Chilean products
25 August 2004	Correction to the U.S.-Chile FTA
25 June 2004	Corrections to Chapter 3 Section G of the Spanish Text of the U.S.-Chile FTA
December 2003	United States International Trade Commission (USITC). Modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to Implement the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement
30 December 2003	Proclamation 7746: To Implement the U.S.-Chile FTA
03 September 2003	U.S. Public Law 108-77- Act to implement the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement
01 December 2003	Supreme Decree No 312 implementing the FTA
Source: Biblioteca del Congreso de Chile; Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, Chile (DIRECON); Official White House website; United States International Trade Commission (USITC); U.S. Library of Congress

Implementation of the Agreement

Article 21.1 of the Agreement establishes a Free Trade Commission made up of cabinet-level representatives or their designees. The Commission is responsible for supervising the implementation and further elaboration of the Agreement; to seek to resolve disputes arising under the Agreement; to supervise the work of committees and working groups established under the Agreement and to consider any other matters that may affect the operation of the Agreement.

The Commission may also establish committees and working groups, and further the implementation of the Agreement by approving modifications of the tariff elimination schedules (Annex 3.3) by accelerating tariff elimination; the specific rules of origin established in Annex 4.1, the Common Guidelines references in Article 4.17 and the Sections of Annex 9.1 of the Government Procurement chapter.

Documents relating to the Implementation of the agreement
03 November 2011	Modifications to Annex 4.1 of the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement (effective 1 November 2011)
19 May 2006	Rules of Procedure referenced on Article 22.10 adopted by the U.S.-Chile FTA Trade Commission
20 June 2005	Federal Register notice (70 FR 35494) which modifies the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the Unites States (HTS) in order to correct errors in tariff rates for a small number of originating goods under the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement (US-CFTA).
Source: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile; U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Documents relating to the Free Trade Commission
16 October 2018	Washington, D.C. Twelfth meeting of the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Commission
11 June 2015	Washington, D.C. Tenth meeting of the U.S.–Chile Free Trade Commission
02-03 June 2014	Santiago, Chile: Ninth meeting of the U.S.–Chile Free Trade Commission
03 July 2012	San Diego, United States: Eighth meeting of the U.S.–Chile Free Trade Commission
02 August 2011	Santiago, Chile: Seventh meeting of the U.S.–Chile Free Trade Commission
12 December 2008	Santiago, Chile: Fifth meeting of the Free Trade Commission
29-30 November 2007	Washington, D.C.: Fourth meeting of the Free Trade Commission
24 January 2007	Santiago, Chile: Third meeting of the Free Trade Commission
05 December 2005	Washington, D.C. : Second meeting of the Free Trade Commission
03 June 2004	Pucón, Chile: First meeting of the Free Trade Commission
Source: Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, Chile (DIRECON); Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR)

Article 7.8 of the Agreement establishes a Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade, comprising representatives of each Party.

Documents relating to the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
02 December 2010	Eighth Meeting of the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
Fuente: Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, Chile (DIRECON)

Environmental Cooperation Agreements

The U.S.-Chile FTA provides, in Article 19.3, for the establishment of an Environmental Affairs Council, to meet yearly to discuss the implementation of and progress in Chapter 19.
On 17 June 2003, Chile and the United States signed an Agreement on Environmental Cooperation as part of the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement. This agreement created a bilateral consultative mechanism, the Joint Commission for Environmental Cooperation, to address environmental and natural resource issues. This Joint Commission is to meet every two years.

The first meetings of the Environment Affairs Council and the U.S. - Chile Joint Commission on Environmental Cooperation were held in Santiago, Chile on 22 July 2004. This meeting initiated the development of a joint Work Program for 2005-2006. The Environmental Council has held five meetings, the last of which took place in Washington, DC on 20 January 2010. On 09 January 2013, the sixth meeting of the U.S.-Chile Environmental Affairs Council and fourth meeting of the U.S.-Chile Joint Commission for Environmental Cooperation took place.

Documents relating to the environmental provisions
of the FTA and the Environmental Cooperation Agreement

05 September 2018 Eighth Meeting of the U.S.-Chile Environmental Affairs Council and Sixth Meeting of the U.S.-Chile Joint Commission for Environmental Cooperation

13 August 2015 Seventh Meeting of the U.S.-Chile Environmental Affairs Council and Fifth Meeting of the U.S.-Chile Joint Commission for Environmental Cooperation

09 January 2013 Sixth Meeting of the U.S.-Chile Environmental Affairs Council and Fourth Meeting of the U.S.-Chile Joint Commission for Environmental Cooperation

20 January 2010 Fifth meeting of the Environmental Affairs Council

21 April 2008 Fourth meeting of the Environmental Affairs Council

24 October 2006 Third meeting of the Environmental Affairs Council and Second meeting of the Joint Commission on Environmental Cooperation

16 February 2005 U.S. - Chile Joint Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Environmental Cooperation Agreement, 2005-2006 Work Program

24 October 2005 Second meeting of the Environmental Affairs Council

22 July 2004 First meeting of the Environmental Affairs Council

17 June 2003 Agreement on Environmental Cooperation

Source: Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Department of State

Labor Cooperation Mechanism

Article 18.4 of the FTA establishes a Labor Affairs Council to meet within the first year of the entry into force of the Agreement and thereafter as often as it considers necessary. Article 18.5 sets out a Labor Cooperation Mechanism, elaborated in Annex 18.5.

Articles and Related Studies

May 2015	Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, Chile (DIRECON). Análisis de las relaciones comerciales entre Chile y Estados Unidos en el marco del Tratado de Libre Comercio
January 2014	Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, Chile (DIRECON). Evaluación de las relaciones comerciales entre Chile y Estados Unidos a diez años de la entrada en vigencia del Tratado de Libre Comercio
January 2013	Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, Chile (DIRECON). Evaluación de las relaciones comerciales entre Chile y Estados Unidos a nueve años de la entrada en vigencia del Tratado de Libre Comercio
January 2012	Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, Chile (DIRECON). Relaciones económicas entre Chile y Estados Unidos, evaluación a ocho años de la entrada en vigencia del Tratado de Libre Comercio. Enero 2012
December 2010	Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, Chile (DIRECON). Relaciones económicas entre Chile y Estados Unidos, evaluación a siete años de la entrada en vigencia del Tratado de Libre Comercio. Diciembre 2010
December 2009	Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, Chile (DIRECON). Relaciones económicas entre Chile y Estados Unidos, evaluación a seis años del TLC
January 2007	Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, Chile (DIRECON). Evaluación de las relaciones comerciales Chile-Estados Unidos después de tres años de entrada en vigencia del TLC
18 August 2006	Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). United States - Chile Free Trade Agreement: 2005 Annual Product Review and Tariff Determinations
March 2006	Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, Chile (DIRECON). Evaluación TLC entre Chile y EE.UU. 2005.
March 2005	Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, Chile (DIRECON). Evaluación TLC entre Chile y EE.UU. 2004
January 2005	Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, Chile (DIRECON). Evaluación TLC entre Chile y EE.UU. 2004
July 2004	Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, Chile (DIRECON). Evaluación TLC Chile - EE.UU Enero - abril 2004
November 2003	Banco Central de Chile. Tratado de Libre Comercio entre Chile y Estados Unidos: Revisión de estudios que cuantifican su impacto
September 2003	Congressional Research Services. CRS Issue Brief for Congress: Trade and the Americas
August 2003	Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, Chile (DIRECON). Tratado de Libre Comercio Chile-Estados Unidos
July 2003	U.S. Department of Labor. U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement: Potential Economywide and Selected Sectoral Effects
June 2003	Secretaría General de la Comunidad Andina. Análisis de Tratado de Libre Comercio Chile - Estados Unidos
June 2003	United States International Trade Commission (USITC). U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement: Potential Economywide and Selected Sectoral Effects
June 2003	Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) Final Environmental Review of the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement
April 2003	Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, Chile (DIRECON). Chile-U.S. Free Trade Agreement: Lessons and best practices
December 2002	Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). Summary of the Free Trade Agreement between the United States of America and Chile