The Chilean Experience in South-South Trade and Investment Agreements

Fourth Biennial Global Conference of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) Working Paper No. 2014-26.

ABSTRACT: This paper analyzes the main features of Chilean trade and investment treaties, examining if there is a Chilean pattern in the regulation of trade and investment flows or if it is influenced by agreements signed by Chile with developed countries. The article also examines if there are differences between the treaties signed by Chile and other “Southern” developing countries and those negotiated with “Northern” developed economies, and if sustainable development concerns are part of the negotiations of trade and investment agreements by Chile.