China agrees to boost trade with Chile

Published June 26, 2012 7:45pm ET



SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — China and Chile plan to double their trade to $60 billion by 2015, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Tuesday during an official visit.

Wen met President Sebastian Pinera in Santiago on the last stop of a trade-boosting tour that also took him to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. China is Chile’s top trade partner, but the Andean country has mostly missed out on the Chinese investment boom and Pinera’s government has been pushing for more direct investment from the Asian giant.

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