“The
Opportunities of Trade and Investment in Chile”
(On
the Occasion of the 199th Anniversary of the Independence
of the Republic of Chile)
| Date: |
Thursday,
September 24th, 2009 |
| Time: |
9.30
-12.00 hrs |
| Venue: |
Room
10201, Building 10th Floor 2nd, University
of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC)
126/1 Vibhavadee-Rangsit Road, Dindaeng,
Bangkok 10400, Thailand |
| Cost: |
Free
of Charge |
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 The
Southeast Asia and Latin America (SEA-LAC) Trade
Center, the newest research center of the
University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce,
aims to serve as a bridge between Southeast Asian
(SEA) and Latin American and Caribbean countries
(LAC) to promote trade, investment and mutual understanding
to achieve prosperity for both regions. One of SEA-LAC
Trade Center objectives is to offer the innovative
knowledge, strategies, and solutions of trade and
investment in Latin American countries to public
and private sectors, academic institutions, and
people. Therefore, SEA-LAC Trade Center and the
Embassy of Chile, Thailand are jointly organizing
a seminar on of “The opportunities of Trade
and Investment in Chile”. The honorable
keynote speaker is H.E. Alberto Yoacham,
Ambassador of Chile, Thailand.
Chile,
officially the Republic of Chile, is a country occupying
a long and narrow coastal strip on the Pacific Ocean,
with a coastline stretching 6,435 kilometers. It
borders Argentina to the east, Peru to the north,
Bolivia to the northeast. The attractive points
of Chile are its open economy and dynamic growth
occurring within the framework of a free-enterprise
model, based on competitive market, together with
maintaining political and economic stability and
legal certainty. Moreover, the active policy of
bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements
have shaped Chile into a highly competitive country
in the global market. Since 1990, Chile has consolidated
its position as an active partner by building an
extensive network of FTAs. Chile has signed the
FTAs more than 50 countries, including ASEAN countries
(Singapore, Brunei), and other five countries of
ASEAN +6 (Japan, South Korea, China, Australia and
New Zealand). Between 1990 and 2007, Chile’s economy
expanded at an average of 6%. The main industries
of Chile are manufactured goods, agricultural, and
mineral sectors. However, Chile still needs products
in several groups from foreign markets, thus ASEAN
countries have market potential in Chile.
Nevertheless,
trade and investment activities between countries
in ASEAN and Chile are still at a low level. The
SEA-LAC Trade Center, as the central organization
of promoting trade and investment between Southeast
Asian (SEA) and Latin American and Caribbean (LAC)
regions, aims to provide the knowledge of Trade
and Investment in Chile to public and private sectors,
academic institutions, and people in order to attain
greater trade and investment between the two regions
in the future. |
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