Chile-Central America FTA

EENI- School of International Business

Sub-subject: The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Chile and Central America (Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua). Syllabus:

  1. Introduction to the Chile-Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua) Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
  2. Benefits of the Agreement
  3. Certification of origin.
  4. Criteria for preferential treatment.
  5. Trade Relations between Chile and Central American countries.
  6. Case Study: International Trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) Chile-Costa Rica and Chile-Nicaragua.
Sub-subject “Chile-Central America Free Trade Agreement (FTA)” is studied...
  1. Doctorate in Business in America
  2. Masters (e-learning): International Business, America, Emerging Markets, Pacific

Learning materials in English Spanish Chile America Central Portuguese Chile French Chili

Sample of the sub-subject: Chile-Central America (Free Trade Agreement)
Chile-Central America Free Trade Agreement

Sub-Subject Description: Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Chile and Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua).

In 1998, Chile and the Central American countries (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua), announced a free trade agreement (FTA).

In 2011, Chile and Nicaragua signed the bilateral protocol.

The objectives of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Chile-Central America are to:

  1. Develop the free trade zone
  2. Promote the growth of international trade in products and services among the Chile and Central America
  3. Promote conditions of fair competition in the free-trade area
  4. Eliminate barriers to foreign trade and facilitate the circulation of goods and services in the free-trade area
  5. Promote foreign direct investments in Chile and Central America
  6. Establish efficient procedures for the application and observance of the Chile-Central America Free Trade Agreement.

International Trade between Central America and Chile was 558 million dollars (- 37.7% respect 2008).

  1. The total exports were 121 million dollars.
  2. The main products exported from Chile to Central America were sugar cane; this export product accounted for 72% of the total exports from Central America to Chile.

The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Chile and Central America operates in the Latin American Economic Area of the Western Christian Civilisation.

Chile's Free Trade Agreements (FTA).



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