Australia and Chile to sign FTA

July 30, 2008

Australia and Chile will sign a free trade agreement, the first finalised by the Rudd government...

...Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith who described the agreement as the most comprehensive FTA the nation has negotiated.

"The agreement will eliminate 97 per cent of tariffs on existing merchandise trade and 100 per cent of tariffs on existing merchandise trade by 2015," Mr Smith said in a statement.