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PRESS/TPRB/320 
7 October 2009 
 
(09-4742) 
TRADE POLICY REVIEW: CHILE 
Open trade policy has contribu ted to growth and poverty 
reduction  
Chile's trade and investment regime continues to be characterized by openness, transparency, and 
predictability, and together with sound macroeconomic management, it has contributed to growth and poverty reduction, according to the WTO Secret ariat review on the trade policies and practices 
of Chile. 
 Since the last review in 2003, Chile has adopted measures to modernize customs and facilitate 
trade, maintained a single MFN tariff rate of 6%  with a few exceptions, abolished some import 
taxes and export subsidies, and introduced significant reforms to its competition policy, government procurement and intellectual property systems. 
 
The report notes that benefits could arise from re-examining and eventually changing measures such as the imposition of non- ad valorem  tariffs on a few agricultural products and the application 
of reciprocity requirements in a handful of activities. 
 The report also notes that, one of the most prominent features of Chile's trade policy regime is the 
central role it gives to Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) of which it has 21 in force with 57 
trading partners.  At the same time, Chile remains strongly committed to the multilateral trading system. 
 
The report, along with a policy statement by the Government of Chile, w ill be the basis for the 
fourth Trade Policy Review (TPR) of Chile by the Trade Policy Review Body of the WTO on 7 and 9 
of October 2009. 
 
The following documents are available in MS Wo rd format on the WTO web-site. They can be 
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• Secretariat reports 
> Contents and summary observations  
> Economic environment  
> Trade and investment regimes  > Trade policies and practices by measure  
> Trade policies by sector  
> Appendix tables  
• Report by the Government of Chile 
• Chairperson’s concluding remarks  
• Minutes of the meeting (available appr oximately six weeks after the meeting). 
Note 
Trade Policy Reviews are an exercise, mandated in the WTO Agreement, in which member 
countries’ trade and related policies are examined and evaluated at regular intervals. Significant 
developments that may have an impact on the global trading system are also monitored. For each 
review, two documents are prepared: a policy stat ement by the government of the member under 
review, and a detailed report written independently by the WTO Secretariat. These two documents are then discussed by the WTO’s full membership in  the Trade Policy Review Body (TPRB). These 
documents and the proceedings of the TPRB’s meetings are published shortly afterwards.  
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Next reviews: 
Maldives: 26 and 28 October 2009  
Southern African Customs Union (SACU): 4 and 6 November 2009 
Niger/Senegal: 11 and 13 November  
 
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