The European Union has been waiting for this moment for several months: it was finally able to conclude, on Friday 9 December, the negotiations on the modernisation of the association agreement with Chile. The conclusion was formalised by the EU Commissioner for Trade, Valdis Dombrovskis, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, and the Chilean Foreign Minister Antonia Urrejola.
This new ‘Advanced Framework Agreement’, which includes political and trade...