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Chile
mulls over FTAs with Thailand,
Malaysia
Chile has begun a feasibility
study on free trade agreements (FTAs)
with Thailand and Malaysia, the
international economic relations
directorate of the Chilean
Foreign Ministry said on
Wednesday.
Chile, Thailand and Malaysia
signed documents agreeing to
begin FTA talks at the sidelines
of the Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation Forum in South Korea
last year.
On Tuesday, the working groups
completed their first meeting in
Bangkok, which set out the
timetable for the feasibility
study on the FTAs.
The second meeting is to be held
in the last week of May in
Chile's capital Santiago.
Chile has been seeking close
diplomatic and trade ties with
Asian nations over the last six
years. It signed a free trade
deal with South Korea in 2003,
which has produced very positive
results.
The FTA it signed with China in
2005 has not yet been ratified
by Chile's parliament.
Deals with Brunei, New Zealand
and Singapore also await
parliamentary approval.
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