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January 2016
Over 150 meetings take place during International Investment Forum Chile 2016
13 January 2016
On the last day of the Forum, a round of business matchmaking meetings brought together 46 overseas companies with local firms. The International Investment Forum Chile 2016 culminated with a round of over 150 one-on-one meetings between overseas and local companies. The Forum in Santiago, organized by the Foreign Investment Committee (CIEChile), was attended by […]
President Bachelet urges foreign investors to take advantage of Chile’s competitive advantages
12 January 2016
President Michelle Bachelet inaugurated the International Investment Forum Chile 2016 at which 46 companies from 21 different countries explored investment opportunities in the country. The International Investment Forum Chile 2016 began today with a conference chaired by President Michelle Bachelet accompanied by the Minister of Economy, Economic Development and Tourism, Luis Felipe Céspedes, and the Minister of Mining, Aurora Williams. The event […]
Delegation from China’s Qingdao municipal government seeks investment opportunities in Chile
08 January 2016
The delegation showed interest principally in the food sector as well as in the procedures for starting operations in Chile. An eight-strong delegation of municipal government officials and businesspeople from Qingdao, one of China’s principal ports, met with Foreign Investment Committee (CIEChile) executives this morning to talk about Chile’s business climate and the investment opportunities […]
December 2015
Foreign Investment Committee authorizes 49 investment applications totaling US$11,600 million
28 December 2015
The Committee, chaired by the Minister of Economy, Economic Development and Tourism, Luis Felipe Céspedes, held its last meeting under the current institutional framework after Congress approved elimination of the DL 600 Foreign Investment Statute. The Minister of Economy, Economic Development and Tourism, Luis Felipe Céspedes, today chaired the last meeting of the Foreign Investment […]
OECD highlights Chile’s creation of new FDI attraction agency
15 December 2015
OECD Investment Committee presented new Policy Framework for Investment in Paris and highlighted work with CIEChile. At its recent meeting in Paris, the OECD Investment Committee drew attention to the Chilean government’s efforts to “strengthen its investment promotion agency to show its support for investors.” In its new publication, From Advice to Action, the OECD highlighted particularly the […]
CIEChile participates in launch of Britcham’s Chilean Legal Report 2015
15 December 2015
The issues addressed in the Report prepared by the Chilean-British Chamber of Commerce include Chile’s new foreign investment statute. At a well-attended breakfast this morning, the Chilean-British Chamber of Commerce (Britcham) launched its Chilean Legal Report 2015. This fifth version of the Report, targeting the Chamber’s business community, provides information about the principal innovations in […]
Randstad and CIEChile organize talk on trends in human resources for Bilateral Chambers of Commerce
02 December 2015
Together with the Foreign Investment Committee (CIEChile), Randstad, a human resource services company, organized a talk on Wages and HR Trends: Understanding the New Business Challenges to inform the principal executives of Chile’s Bilateral Chambers of Commerce about new tendencies in human capital and about wages by profession and industry. The presentation, led by Rita González, […]
CIEChile informs investment banks and private consultancy companies about new FDI Framework Law
02 December 2015
At a well-attended breakfast today, the Foreign Investment Committee (CIEChile) explained details of the new Foreign Investment Framework Law to over 60 representatives of investment banks and private consultancy companies. During the breakfast, talks were given by CIEChile’s executive vice-president, Vicente Mira, and its general counsel, Liliana Macchiavello. Vicente Mira highlighted the changes introduced by the law promulgated […]
November 2015
CIEChile participates in VI Chilean-German Economic Conference
26 November 2015
Over 500 Chilean and German government and company representatives participated in the VI Chilean-German Economic Conference 2015. The strategic partner in the event, organized by the Chilean-German Chamber of Commerce (CAMCHAL), was North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), the state that is the heart of the German mining industry. The Conference analyzed key aspects of the two countries’ […]
Chile and Brazil sign agreement to protect and promote bilateral investment
24 November 2015
Chile and Brazil have signed an Investment Cooperation and Facilitation Agreement through which they aim to strengthen economic and trading relations between the two countries. The agreement was signed by Chile’s Minister of Foreign Relations, Heraldo Muñoz, and Brazil’s Minister of Development, Industry and Overseas Trade, Armando Monteiro, who was visiting Santiago. The agreement marks […]