LatinNews Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 20 November 2015

CHILE | Seeking a trade agreement with the Philippines. On 16 November the Chilean government led by President Michelle Bachelet released a statement announcing that it had signed a letter of intent (LOI) with the Philippines’ government led by President Benigno Aquino III concerning the start of “negotiations over a free trade agreement [FTA]” between the two countries in 2016, the year which will mark the 70^th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations in July 1946.