1. Current Trade Policies
1.1. Good International Relationships
1.1.1. Trade with US has been growing
1.1.1.1. Free Trade Agreementwith US since January 1st, 2004
1.1.1.1.1. First South American country to sign a FTA with the US
1.1.2. US FDI in Chile was over $34 million in 2011
1.2. Bad International Relationships
1.2.1. In 2009, both imports and exports between US and Chile dropped by almost 30%
2. Current Imports/Exports
2.1. Major Imports
2.1.1. Chile imported $19 million from US, 19th on overall list
2.1.1.1. Oil, machinery, Wheat, Feed, Red meat, poultry
2.2. Major Exports
2.2.1. Copper
2.2.1.1. More than 1/3 of exports
2.2.2. US imported $10 billion from Chile in 2011, 39th on list
2.2.2.1. Copper, fruit, nuts, fish, wood, precious gems
2.2.3. World's 5th largest exporter of wine
2.3. Positive and Negative Trade Balance
2.3.1. US has $6.9 billion trade balance
3. Role in World Economy
3.1. Ranking of Imports/Exports
3.2. GDP is over 15 thousand
4. Major Companies/Products
4.1. Environmental Footprint
4.1.1. Terrible Smog
4.2. Largest Companies
4.2.1. Cencosud is largest retail company, running home improvement, department, and haypermarket stores
5. Demographics
5.1. Race
5.1.1. Mestizo 72%
5.1.2. White 22%
5.1.3. Amerindian 5%
5.2. Religion
5.2.1. Roman Catholic 70%
5.2.2. Protestan Christian 15.1%
5.2.3. Athesist 8.3%
5.2.4. Other 6.6%
5.3. Education
5.3.1. 98% Adult Literacy Raate
5.3.2. Expected school age 14.7
5.4. Urban/Rural
5.4.1. Urban 86.9%
5.4.2. Rural 13.1%
6. Natural Resources
6.1. Easy Ocean Access
6.2. Contact With Many Other Countries
6.3. Copper mines
6.3.1. Chuquicamata Copper Mine
6.3.1.1. 2,790 feet deep
6.4. Fruit, Lumber, Fish
6.5. Atacama Desert, driest in world. Covers 41,000 sq. miles.
7. Government System
7.1. Bit of History
7.1.1. Declared independence from Spain in 1818
7.1.2. Military dictatorship for 20 years, ending in 1990
7.2. Capitol
7.2.1. Santiago
7.2.1.1. Population of over 6 million
7.3. Current Leaders
7.3.1. President Sebastian Pinera, last was a woman
7.4. Multi-Party Republic
7.4.1. Two Houses of Legislature
7.4.1.1. Senate
7.4.1.2. Chamber of Deputies
8. Life In Chile
8.1. Role of Men and Women
8.2. .819 on human development index vs .741 average
8.3. Life Expectancy of 79.3
8.4. Smog is huge
8.4.1. Easier to walk, only certain cars allowed to drive some days.
8.5. Quick Facts
8.5.1. Official Language is Spanish
8.5.2. Monetary Unit is the Peso
8.5.2.1. 1 Peso equals 8 cents in US dollars
8.5.3. Population is over 17 million as of 2011
8.5.3.1. Projected to grow to 18.5M in 2020 and 19.5M by 2030