Solicitud de Comentario Público sobre el Acuerdo de Libre Comercio entre Estados Unidos y Chile

A joint statement by several environmental organizations providing public comments on the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the United States and Chile. The document argues that the FTA must not weaken environmental laws and should instead promote higher environmental standards, the precautionary principle, and transparency in dispute resolution.

• The authors argue that the FTA must not undermine national environmental regulations and should explicitly recognize the Precautionary Principle, allowing the US and Chile to adopt health and environmental measures even when scientific evidence of risk is "incompleta o inconclusa".
• The organizations strongly oppose the inclusion of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanisms, citing the "profundamente defectuosas disposiciones del NAFTA" which they claim allow foreign investors to challenge environmental laws and seek compensation for decreased property value resulting from public interest regulations.
• The document warns that trade liberalization could lead to significant environmental damage in specific sectors, particularly forestry in southern Chile, where a third of the world's largest temperate forest region is at risk due to export production, as well as in mining and maritime transport.
• The statement proposes that the FTA should include mandatory obligations to prevent the lowering of environmental, health, and safety standards to attract foreign investment or increase exports, and should establish a ban on exporting pesticides and toxins prohibited in the exporting country.
• To ensure accountability, the authors suggest that foreign investors be required to report pollutant emissions to the US EPA and Chilean environmental officials, and that the FTA include trade sanctions to make environmental provisions enforceable.
• The document calls for high levels of transparency and public participation, suggesting that the FTA's Joint Committee procedures be open to public observation and that the draft agreement be published on the Internet for public comment before signing.

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (2001). Solicitud de Comentario Público sobre el Acuerdo de Libre Comercio entre Estados Unidos y Chile. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/USChileFRCommentsSpanish.pdf

Chicago

Center for International Environmental Law. Solicitud de Comentario Público sobre el Acuerdo de Libre Comercio entre Estados Unidos y Chile. 2001. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/USChileFRCommentsSpanish.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Center for International Environmental Law |title=Solicitud de Comentario Público sobre el Acuerdo de Libre Comercio entre Estados Unidos y Chile |date=15 January 2001 |url=https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/USChileFRCommentsSpanish.pdf |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{centerforinternationalenvironmentallaw2001solicitud, author = {{Center for International Environmental Law}}, title = {{Solicitud de Comentario Público sobre el Acuerdo de Libre Comercio entre Estados Unidos y Chile}}, publisher = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2001}, month = jan, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/USChileFRCommentsSpanish.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }