Current institutional architecture of trade policy

Main actors Key instruments

Ministries and public agencies • Interministerial Committee of international

economic relations: Ministers of Foreign
DIRECON Affairs, Finance, Secretary general of
Presidency, Economy and other relevant
Mission: “To
Private sector ministers.
implement the • Technical Committee
policy the
President
formulates in Civil society
relation to • ProChile´s programmes
• Industry associations (SOFOFA, ASOEX,
economic
ASILFA, CHILETEC, etc)
relations
Parliament • Chambers of Commerce
abroad”

(*) law granting a

rank of Vice Counterparts of other countries
Ministry to • Cuarto Adjunto (Next room)
DIRECON
• Direcon Civil Society Council

Multilateral organizations
Current institutional architecture of trade policy
Main actors Key instruments

Ministries and public agencies

• Ratify free trade agreements.
DIRECON
Private sector
Mission: “To
implement the
policy the
President Civil society
formulates in
relation to • Round of negotiations.
economic
relations Parliament
abroad”
• APEC
(*) law granting Counterparts of other countries • OECD
a rank of Vice • WTO
Ministry to • WIPO
DIRECON • ALADI
Multilateral organizations
The institutional framework: DIRECON

• Consensus of the role of

DIRECON in conducting
trade policy.

• Positive evaluation that

DIRECON belongs to Min
RR.EE and not ministerial
level.
The institutional framework: CIREI

• Consensus of the key role of

CIREI in trade policy.
The institutional framework: Private Sector

Broad definition as stakeholders of trade policy

Share and support liberalization model

Trade negotiations as permanent training process

They accompany FTAs ​processes, help to get consensus with the counterpart country

This highlights the compensation programs. Facilitate consensus between winners and losers.

Sectorial Private Associations concentrated with high level of representation

The institutional framework: Civil Society and Congress

Civil society and Congress

Comprenhensive FTA's and role of civil society

"Recent" participation in negotiation processes

Positive evaluation of the “Side room”

Intensive use of social networks

Congress is secondary actor in trade policy. Interest in enhancing its role

I. Current institutional architecture of trade policy

“Cuarto Adjunto” – Next Room

¿What is “Cuarto
More
Adjunto”? More participation transparency
Integrated by
representatives of • Implement a
Throughout the TPP
permanent
industry associations, negotiations, 54 Processes in progress
producers and meetings of Cuarto “Cuarto
exporters, non- Adjunto were held, of Adjunto”.
governmental which 38 were specific • TPP
organization, meetings (Intellectual • Publish
academic institutions, Property, Environment,
• TISA
information on
who express their Labor, Electronic the web site of • Modernization UE
interests to the Commerce,
negotiating teams of Direcon, to the
Investments, State
DIRECON in the extent that
Enterprises, Culture,
framework of the free among others) confidentiality
trade agreements agreements
negotations. permit.