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In Full: Minister Of Foreign Affairs Declares Chile To Be A ¨fanatic For Free Trade¨
Key to the achievement of this goal, Moreno explained to Amcham members, is Chile´s ¨Fanatic for Free Trade¨ attitude which has led Chile to become one of the most ¨open¨ countries in Latin America, to the point that the majority of its financial wellbeing is dependent on foreign business and investments. As further proof of the country´s pro-free trade attitude, Moreno cited the recent addition of Chile as an OECD (the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) member-state, in which they are the only member to have some kind of free trade agreement with all of the other participating countries. (Chile boasts of having signed 20 free trade agreements in total.) Moreno claims that free trade agreements are integral tools that allow Chilean businesses and entrepreneurs to access foreign markets, but emphasized the urgent need for Chile to continue to research the agreements, to make sure that small and medium sized companies are aware of how best to take advantage of them. The United States, specifically, was named as the source of the greatest potential for the development of Chilean businesses by Moreno, who said that relations between the two countries are the best they´ve ever been. As Chile´s 2cnd biggest trading partner next two China, the United States receives 11.7% of Chile´s exports, helped along by the free trade agreement signed between the two countries in 2004. Accordingly, the job of the current administration is to continue networking efforts between Chile and the United States by encouraging the Chamber of Commerce development of micro-economic relationships and cooperation in such areas as science and technology, education, and the environment. The two governments are allegedly in the middle of negotiations that should speed of the process to allow the entry of more Chilean products into the United States, thus giving Chilean investors greater access to US markets. Moreno also signaled that the country would continue to move, ¨and had already taken big steps¨ towards adopting the Intellectual Property standards demanded by the free trade agreements. These standards protect the patents on medicines of big pharmaceutical companies, and that have therefore generated considerable controversy for allegedly restricting the availability of lifesaving drugs (that might otherwise be provided without a patent) in WTO developing countries. ¨The world today demands a new set of standards, and we are going to need to be more efficient and dynamic¨ said Moreno, bringing his speech to a close in firm support of Piñera´s ambitious economic plan outlined in his state of the nation earlier this May. Editors Note: Alfredo Moreno Graduated from St. Ignatius High School El Bosque WHERE I Receive the award as the best "Ignatian" student. I Gained historical Civil Industrial Engineering degree with distinction from the Highest the Catholic University of Chile. Also I Obtained a Master in Business Administration, MBA with the Highest Honors from the University of Chicago, United States of America. Mr. Moreno Both have longstanding professional experience in Chile and abroad. He is part of the G-50, a group of fifty Latin-American leaders selected by Foreign Policy, the Most Respected publication in International Relations in the United States. He is Also a member of the International Cabinet of the Dom Cabral Foundation in Brazil and of the Global Advisory Board in the Graduate School of Business at The University of Chicago. "In these positions, Mr. Moreno has Cultivated an Extensive network of international contacts in the public and private Sectors. Alfredo Moreno has vast experience as a board member and I Was Chairman of ICARE, a private nonprofit institution promoter excellence That Within the Chilean business community. Also Mr. Moreno has assumed important roles in nonprofit organizations. Among Others, I is Chairman of the Teleton Chile Foundation and Vice-President of the International Organization of Telethon. Also Mr. Moreno is a board member of the Citizen Peace Foundation. Alfredo Moreno was born in Santiago, I is 53 years old, married and the father of four children. Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com |
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