Reading Time: 2 minutes Vina Del Mar, Chile | Reuters — The remaining members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are seeking a way forward on the trade pact, they said on Wednesday, as some emphasized the need for deals to address concerns about workers’ rights and other issues. The TPP, which originally covered some 40 per cent of global […] Read more
Pacific trade pact countries seek ‘progressive’ way forward
Paths seen open to post-TPP Pacific trade pact
Reading Time: 2 minutes Santiago | Reuters — Countries that signed up for the failed trade pact known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will meet in Chile next week, seeking a way forward on a possible future regional deal, Chile’s head of international trade told Reuters. Representatives from the 12 countries that formed the TPP, plus China and South […] Read more
SQM stock plummets after directors from PotashCorp resign
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Shares in Chilean fertilizer group SQM plunged Wednesday after three board representatives from Saskatchewan’s PotashCorp resigned in protest at its handling of an illicit payments scandal that has shaken the Chilean establishment. SQM vice-chairman Wayne Brownlee, the chief financial officer at PotashCorp, and two directors stepped down late Tuesday after clashing with the […] Read more
Chile’s campaign finance scandal fells fertilizer firm’s CEO
Reading Time: 2 minutes Santiago | Reuters — Fertilizer company SQM has fired its CEO after it became embroiled in an election campaign financing scandal that has rocked the Chilean establishment, tainting business leaders and politicians with close links to the 1973-1990 dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. SQM, which has the rights to some of the world’s largest reserves of […] Read more
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