. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/REG160/N/1 
S/C/N/262 
19 December 2003 
 
 (03-6678) 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Council for Trade in Services Original:   English/ 
 Spanish 
  
 
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED  STATES AND CHILE 
 
Notification from the Parties
 
 
 
 The following communication, dated 16 D ecember 2003, has been received from the 
Permanent Missions of the United States of America a nd the Republic of Chile, with the request that 
it be circulated to the WTO Members.  
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  The Permanent Mission of the United States to  the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the 
Permanent Mission of Chile to the WTO have the h onor to notify to the WTO that their respective 
authorities have signed and completed procedures fo r entry into force of the US-Chile Free Trade 
Agreement (USCFTA).
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 The USCFTA establishes a free-trade area with in the meaning of Article XXIV of the GATT 
1994.  The USCFTA also provides for the liberaliza tion of trade in services within the meaning of 
Article V of the GATS.  
 The USCFTA was signed on June 6, 2003.  The agreement will enter into force on       
January 1, 2004.  The duration of the agreement is indefinite.   This joint notification is presented:  
(i) to the Council for Trade in Goods, pursuant  to part (a) of paragraph 7 of Article 
XXIV of GATT 1994 and the Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXIV of 
GATT 1994; and 
(ii) to the Council for Trade in  Services in accordance with paragraph 7(a) of Article V of 
the GATS (Economic Integration). 
 We are pleased to advise that the agen cies responsible for the implementation and 
enforcement of the USCFTA are the Office of Un ited States Trade Representative and the General 
Directorate for International Economic Relati ons, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Chile). 
  
                                                     
 
1 The full text of the USCFTA will be circulated in document WT/REG160/1. It is also available, along 
with tariff schedules, product-specific rules of origin, and Annexes I-III setting forth services/investment non-
conforming measures, at: 
http://www.ustr.gov/new/fta/Chile/final/index.htm  (in English) and 
http://www.direcon.cl/frame/acuerdos_internacionales/f_bilaterales.html  (in Spanish) WT/REG160/N/1 
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  The United States and Chile wish to express th eir willingness to contribute to the process of 
examination in accordance with the procedures agreed upon in the Committee on Regional Trade 
Agreements.  
 
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