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Pacific Alliance • Objective of the Alliance • Member countries • Development: Presidential meetings • Achievements • Next steps 6/14/2021 2

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 6/14/2021 3

Pacific Alliance • Objective of the Alliance • Member countries • Development: Presidential meetings • Achievements • Next steps 6/14/2021 4

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 6/14/2021 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 6/14/2021 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 6/14/2021 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 6/14/2021 8

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 6/14/2021 9

Pacific Alliance • What is the objective of the Alliance? • Member countries • Development: Presidential meetings • Achievements • Next steps 6/14/2021 10

Presidential Summits No. Place Date Main Achievement 1 Lima, Peru 28 April 2011 Establishment of the Pacific alliance with the aim of moving forward progressively towards the free flow of goods, services, capital and people. 2 Merida, Mexico 4 December 2011 Subscription of the MOU on Cooperation Platform for further collaborative work in issues including climate change research and student mobility. 3 Virtual 5 March 2012 Agreement on fundamental points for the signature of the Framework Agreement. 4 Paranal, Chile 6 June 2012 Subscription of the Framework Agreement of the Pacific Alliance. It is the legal instrument that creates the institutional basis of the initiative. 5 Cadiz, Spain 17 November 2012 Mexico announced the removal of visa requirements for Alliance citizens, deepening the commitments on free movement of people. 6 Santiago, Chile 26 January 2013 Reaffirm the conviction that the Pacific Alliance is the most ambitious integration process of Latin America. 7 Cali, Colombia 23 May 2013 Presidential Mandate to conclude trade negotiations and Creation of new Working Groups in areas like fiscal transparency and SMEs. 6/14/2021 11

Pacific Alliance • Objective of the Alliance • Who are the member countries? • Development: Presidential meetings • Achievements • Next steps 6/14/2021 12

Achievements The following negotiations concluded in 2013: 1 TRADE & INTEGRATION 2 SERVICES & INVESTMENT 3 GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 4 INSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS Photo: shutterstock 6/14/2021 13

MARKET ACCESS RULES OF ORIGIN TRADE & INTEGRATION SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY STANDARS Immediate 92% relief in all tariff lines TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE FACILITATION & CUSTOMS COOPERATION Photo: shutterstock 6/14/2021 14

CROSS-BORDER TRADE Services PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ANNEX E-COMMERCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS Services & Investment MARITIME TRANSPORT Financial Services Investment Photo: shutterstock AIR TRANSPORT 6/14/2021 15

Main Achievements Visa Elimination Shared Embassies Student Mobility Platform Photo: shutterstock, stockxhng • 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 • • 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. 6/14/2021 16

Main Achievements Cooperation as a tool for social and economic development Health Cooperation Photo: shutterstock Agreement for the establishment of the Pacific Partnership Cooperation Fund Ensures resources for cooperation projects designed to benefit from the integration. 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. 6/14/2021 17

Main Achievements Promotion Agencies • 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. 6/14/2021 18

Main Achievements Capital Market Integration Pacific Alliance Business Council Photo: shutterstock • • 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. 6/14/2021 19

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.

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The Agenda of the Pacific Alliance Costa Rica: Upcoming Member of the Pacific Alliance. Joint harnessing of business opportunities arising as a result of Pacific Alliance consolidation. Work agenda with Asia Pacific (on commercial, political coordination, cooperation and security issues). New levels of ambition in cooperation, movement of people, regulatory improvements, intellectual property, tourism, promotion agencies. 6/14/2021 22

The Agenda of the Pacific Alliance Incorporation of new issues in the discussions (i. e. tax transparency, SMEs, relationship with the private business sector). Roadmap for the Alliance relationship with third countries: the Presidency Pro Tempore will lead the new working group. Promotion of investment and services trade. 6/14/2021 23

Next Steps Air Integration, First Phase: Agreements will be achieved for cargo and passengers -1 st phase: up to 5 th air freedom rights Intra-regional flights between the countries of the Alliance Without restrictions 6/14/2021 24

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. 6/14/2021 25

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