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ORGANIZATION  WT/REG125/5 
19 December 2003  
 
(03-6667) 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:   English 
   
FREE-TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CHILE AND MEXICO 
 
Questions and Replies
 
 
 This document reproduces the questions addressed  to the Parties and the responses submitted. 
The questions and replies set out below are or ganized in accordance with document WT/REG125/3 
for the goods aspects of the Agreement, and WT/R EG125/4 for the services aspects of the Agreement. 
 
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I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION TO THE AGREEMENT 
3. Scope 
 
 In addition to the tariff differential and/ or enhanced services commitments created by 
the elimination of duties in the context of th e Free-Trade Agreement (FTA), does the Agreement 
have other provisions that affect the compar ative economic market access opportunity of 
countries that are not parties to the Agreement? 
 The answer is none. 
  
II. TRADE PROVISIONS 
3. Rules of origin 
  Which third countries are eligible for harmonized Rules of origin under Article 20-09? What is the current status? 
At present there are not specific harmonization efforts under the FTA. 
 
6. Anti-dumping and countervailing measures  
 
What is the status of the future negotiation described in Article 20-08? 
The 22
nd and 23rd of February 2001 in Mexico, and the 3rd and 4th of July of the same year, in 
Santiago, Chile, Rounds I and II of  the Negotiations of Government Procurement Sector and Anti-
dumping took place respectively, in order to comp ly with the Agreement's disposition on future 
negotiations. On 7 August 2003, in the frame of the III Meeting of the Free Trade Commission of the 
Mexico-Chile FTA, the Commission recommended to reactivate the negotiation meetings before the 
end of 2003. 
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III. GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT 
4. Relations with other trade agreements  Article 1-06 makes the FTA subordinat e to three Multilateral Environmental 
Agreements (MEAs).  Has any inconsistency wi th the three MEA's been found? How was it 
addresses? 
No inconsistency has been found between this FTA and the specific trade obligations related 
to the three MEAs.   
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