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Pacific Alliance

Pacific Alliance. Pacific Alliance. • Objective of the Alliance. • Member countries. • Development: Presidential meetings. • Achievements. • Next steps. 03/01/2020. 2. The Pacific Alliance:. Deep integration for prosperity. What is the Pacific Alliance?

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Pacific Alliance

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  1. Pacific Alliance

  2. Pacific Alliance • Objective of the Alliance • Member countries • Development: Presidential meetings • Achievements • Next steps 03/01/2020 2

  3. 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…. Photo: shutterstock, alianzapacifico.net 03/01/2020 3

  4. Pacific Alliance • Objective of the Alliance • Member countries • Development: Presidential meetings • Achievements • Next steps 03/01/2020 4

  5. 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 03/01/2020 5

  6. 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 03/01/2020 6

  7. 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 03/01/2020 7

  8. 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 03/01/2020 8

  9. 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 03/01/2020 9

  10. Pacific Alliance • What is the objective of the Alliance? • Member countries • Development: Presidential meetings • Achievements • Next steps 03/01/2020 10

  11. Presidential Summits 03/01/2020 11

  12. Pacific Alliance • Objective of the Alliance • Who are the member countries? • Development: Presidential meetings • Achievements • Next steps 03/01/2020 12

  13. Achievements The following negotiations concluded in 2013: 1 TRADE & INTEGRATION 2 SERVICES & INVESTMENT 3 GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 4 INSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS Photo: shutterstock 03/01/2020 13

  14. MARKET ACCESS RULES OF ORIGIN TRADE & INTEGRATION SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY STANDARS • Immediate • relief in all tariff lines 92% TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE TRADE FACILITATION & CUSTOMS COOPERATION Photo: shutterstock 03/01/2020 14

  15. CROSS-BORDER TRADE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ANNEX Services E-COMMERCE Services & Investment TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARITIME TRANSPORT Financial Services Investment AIR TRANSPORT Photo: shutterstock 03/01/2020 15

  16. Main Achievements Visa Elimination • Elimination tourist and business visas for nationals of the Pacific Alliance • 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 Shared Embassies • 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. Student Mobility Platform Photo: shutterstock, stockxhng 03/01/2020 16

  17. Main Achievements • Agreement for the establishment of the Pacific Partnership Cooperation Fund • Ensures resources for cooperation projects designed to benefit from the integration. Cooperation as a tool for social and economic development 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. Health Cooperation Photo: shutterstock 03/01/2020 17

  18. Main Achievements • 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. Promotion Agencies 03/01/2020 18

  19. Main Achievements Capital Market Integration • 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. Pacific Alliance Business Council Photo: shutterstock 03/01/2020 19

  20. 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.

  21. Pacific Alliance • Objective of the Alliance • Member countries • Development: Presidential meetings • Achievements • Next steps 03/01/2020 21

  22. The Agenda of the Pacific Alliance 03/01/2020 22

  23. The Agenda of the Pacific Alliance 03/01/2020 23

  24. 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 03/01/2020 24

  25. 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: • 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. 03/01/2020 25

  26. Learn about and interact with the Pacific Alliance From anywhere in the World WEBSITE www.alianzapacifico.net Worldwide acknowledgement TWITTER @A_delpacifico Follow us for up to date information FACEBOOK Alianza del Pacífico / Pacific Alliance Information in real time 03/01/2020 26

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