Pacific
Alliance
Pacific Alliance
• Objective of the Alliance
• Member countries
• Development: Presidential meetings
• Achievements
• Next steps
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The Pacific Alliance:
Deep integration for prosperity
What is the Pacific Alliance?
An economic and trade integration process that currently
includes Chile, Mexico, Peru and Colombia.
What does it seek?
Economic integration with the progressive free movement
of goods, services, capital and people.
When was it formed?
The Framework Agreement was
signed in July 2012, which gave
legal status to the organization.
Ongoing process….
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Pacific Alliance
• Objective of the Alliance
• Member countries
• Development: Presidential meetings
• Achievements
• Next steps
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Member Countries
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Member Countries
"Agricultural lands: This variable includes areas of use for agricultural and livestock activities, as well as forestry.
Land for temporary and permanent crops: areas for temporary and / or permanent crops
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Member Countries
"Agricultural lands: This variable includes areas of use for agricultural and livestock activities, as well as forestry.
Land for temporary and permanent crops: areas for temporary and / or permanent crops
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Member Countries
"Agricultural lands: This variable includes areas of use for agricultural and livestock activities, as well as forestry.
Land for temporary and permanent crops: areas for temporary and / or permanent crops
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Pacific Alliance
"Agricultural lands: This variable includes areas of use for agricultural and livestock activities, as well as forestry.
Land for temporary and permanent crops: areas for temporary and / or permanent crops
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Pacific Alliance
• What is the objective of the Alliance?
• Member countries
• Development: Presidential
meetings
• Achievements
• Next steps
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Presidential Summits
No. Place
Date
Main Achievement
1
Lima, Peru
28 April 2011
Establishment of the Pacific alliance with the aim of moving forward progressively
towards the free flow of goods, services, capital and people.
2
Merida,
Mexico
4 December 2011
Subscription of the MOU on Cooperation Platform for further collaborative work in
issues including climate change research and student mobility.
3
Virtual
5 March 2012
Agreement on fundamental points for the signature of the Framework Agreement.
4
Paranal,
Chile
6 June 2012
Subscription of the Framework Agreement of the Pacific Alliance. It is the legal
instrument that creates the institutional basis of the initiative.
5
Cadiz, Spain
17 November
2012
Mexico announced the removal of visa requirements for Alliance citizens, deepening
the commitments on free movement of people.
6
Santiago,
Chile
26 January 2013
Reaffirm the conviction that the Pacific Alliance is the most ambitious integration
process of Latin America.
7
Cali,
Colombia
23 May 2013
Presidential Mandate to conclude trade negotiations and Creation of new Working
Groups in areas like fiscal transparency and SMEs.
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• Who are the member countries?
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Achievements
The following negotiations concluded in 2013:
1
TRADE & INTEGRATION
2
SERVICES & INVESTMENT
3
GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
4
INSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS
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MARKET ACCESS
RULES OF ORIGIN
TRADE &
INTEGRATION
SANITARY AND
PHYTOSANITARY STANDARS
Immediate
92%
relief in all tariff
lines
TECHNICAL BARRIERS
TO TRADE
TRADE FACILITATION &
CUSTOMS COOPERATION
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CROSS-BORDER TRADE
Services
PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES ANNEX
E-COMMERCE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Services &
Investment
MARITIME TRANSPORT
Financial
Services
Investment
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AIR TRANSPORT
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Main Achievements
Visa
Elimination
Shared
Embassies
Student
Mobility
Platform
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Elimination tourist and business visas
for nationals of the Pacific Alliance
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•
Opening a shared Embassy in Ghana
Agreement between Chile and Colombia to share embassies
in Algeria and Morocco
Peru and Colombia agreed to share the premises of the
Embassy in Vietnam
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•
100 scholarships per
country: 75 scholarships for
undergraduate and 25 for
doctoral faculty and the
academic mobility of
teachers. Scholarships will
be gradually awarded over
several contests.
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Main Achievements
Cooperation as a tool
for social and
economic development
Health
Cooperation
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Agreement for the establishment of the Pacific
Partnership Cooperation Fund
Ensures resources for cooperation projects designed
to benefit from the integration.
Inter-institutional Agreement of Cooperation between Health
Agencies
Promote the removal of barriers, and trade facilitation, with
emphasis on the protection of the health of the inhabitants
of the Alliance.
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Main Achievements
Promotion
Agencies
•
Opening of a joint promotion office in Istanbul, Turkey.
•
7 joint seminars with 710 entrepreneurs
•
Joint promotion at international fairs
• Fine Foods in India
• Sial in France
• Flavors of the Alliance in Mexico
•
Agribusiness fair: Seoul Food 2013
•
Business Meeting of the Pacific Alliance as part of the VII Presidential
Summit VII. 400 entrepreneurs from member countries and some observers.
•
First Business ‘Macro Round’ (June 19-20). 486 exporters and 236 buyers
of the Pacific Alliance.
•
II Business Forum of the Pacific Alliance (September 25). New York. In the
framework of the United Nations General Assembly.
• Heads of State of the four Member Countries presented the Pacific
Alliance before 200 CEOs of American and Pacific Alliance companies.
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Main Achievements
Capital
Market
Integration
Pacific
Alliance
Business
Council
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Integrated Latin American Market (MILA), which includes the
stock exchanges of each of the countries. Currently operates
between Chile, Colombia and Peru.
Once Mexico joins, the MILA will be the second stock exchange in
Latin America after Bovespa in Brazil.
•
CEOs of the four countries make
recommendations to Governments on
their perspectives and priorities for the
integration process.
•
Promotion of economic cooperation trade between Alliance members and
joint actions with third markets,
particularly in the Asia Pacific region.
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Main Achievements
25 observer countries. 3
more aspiring
Costa Rica will become a
full member of the Alliance
once the accession
process is completed.
Development of agendas
on agreed interests:
integration, promotion,
education, innovation,
science and technology,
SMEs, social
development, etc.
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• Member countries
• Development: Presidential meetings
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The Agenda of the Pacific Alliance
Costa Rica: Upcoming Member of the Pacific Alliance.
Joint harnessing of business opportunities arising as a
result of Pacific Alliance consolidation.
Work agenda with Asia Pacific (on commercial, political
coordination, cooperation and security issues).
New levels of ambition in cooperation, movement of people,
regulatory improvements, intellectual property, tourism,
promotion agencies.
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The Agenda of the Pacific Alliance
Incorporation of new issues in the discussions (i.e. tax
transparency, SMEs, relationship with the private business
sector).
Roadmap for the Alliance relationship with third
countries: the Presidency Pro Tempore will lead the
new working group.
Promotion of investment and services trade.
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Next Steps
Air Integration, First Phase:
Agreements will be achieved for cargo and
passengers -1st phase: up to 5th air freedom rights
Intra-regional flights between the
countries of the Alliance
Without restrictions
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Next Steps
Joint Promotion of the Alliance:
Opening of the joint office in Casablanca,
Morocco by Mexico, Colombia and Chile. Peru
will join this initiative in 2014.
Joint participation in:
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Another agribusiness fair: Fine Foods
India ( December 11 to 13).
•
12 investment promotion seminars in in
China, Spain, Russia, Poland, India,
Korea, Singapore, Japan, United Arab
Emirates, and United Kingdom.
•
Development of multi destination tour
packages.
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