Canada - Chile Free Trade Agreement
Background
Canadian-Chilean relations reached an important milestone in 2007, with the 10th anniversary of the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA). Signed on December 5, 1996, and implemented on July 5, 1997, the CCFTA is a comprehensive agreement that covers trade in goods and services, as well as the bilateral investment relationship. The CCFTA was Canada’s first Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with a South American country, while for Chile it was the first comprehensive FTA concluded with any country.
Since the CCFTA’s entry into force a decade ago, bilateral trade in goods has increased by 226%, growing from $718 million when the CCFTA entered into force in 1997 to $2.34 billion in 2006. Bilateral trade in services reached $164 million in 2005 (the latest year for which statistics are available), and Canadian investments in Chile reached $5.17 billion in 2006.
As the bilateral trade relationship moves forward, Canada will continue to look for ways to further enhance its trade and economic relationship with Chile.
Bilateral Agreements
- Text of the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement
- First Additional Protocol to Amend the CCFTA (Signed in Toronto, Canada on November 4, 1999)
- Second Additional Protocol to Amend the CCFTA (Signed in Santiago, Chile on January 4, 2002)
- Third Additional Protocol to Amend the CCFTA (Signed in Santiago, Chile on November 8, 2004)
- Technical Rectifications to Rules of Origin Annexes and Regulations - 2005
- Annex D-01 (as of January 1, 2005)
- Annex D-03.1 (as of January 1, 2005)
- Text of the Canada-Chile Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
- Text of the Canada-Chile Agreement on Labour Cooperation
Related Links
- Chile Fact Sheet
- Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement Commission
- Note of Interpretation on Indirect Expropriation
- Declarations of the Free Trade Commission
- Notes of Interpretation on Investment Chapter
Contact Point
If you have questions or comments about this free trade agreement or the environmental and labour cooperation agreements, we would like to hear from you. Please contact the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade at the following address:
Trade Negotiations Division (TPE )
Foreign Affairs & International Trade Canada
Lester B. Pearson Building
125 promenade Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0G2
Fax: 613-944-3489
E-mail : consultations@international.gc.ca
