Chinese VP to visit Italy, Cuba, Uruguay, Chile

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping will pay official visits to Italy, Cuba, Uruguay and Chile from June 1 to 13 and attend the ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of Italy's unification, Chinese Foreign Ministry announced Friday.

Xi was invited by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, First Vice President of Cuban Council of State Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, Uruguayan Vice President Danilo Astori and Chilean President Sebastian Pinera, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu in a press release.

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Chile, Thailand conclude second round of FTA negotiations

 Chile and Thailand on Thursday concluded here the second round of negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA).

During this round, both delegations discussed topics related to goods trade and cooperation, rules of origins, customs procedures, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical obstacles for trading, legal issues and services and investments.

Chief of the Chilean delegation Rodrigo Contreras said that "regarding goods, the result was very meaningful."

In the other sectors, there were no big differences, "but there was a

great understanding between the countries, which is a very good signal for reaching an agreement in the short term," Contreras said.

The third round will be held in July in Thailand.

"Both countries have expressed their intention of closing the negotiations in the first half of 2012, so we will make our best efforts," Contreras added.

Chile currently has trade agreements with Brunei, Singapore and Malaysia, and it is also negotiating one with Vietnam.

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Chile, Brazil sign cooperation agreement on digital TV

Chile and Brazil on Wednesday signed an agreement of technical cooperation, which will allow the training of Chilean technicians, professionals and students in the field of digital TV in Brazil.

The agreement was signed by Chile's Transportation and Telecommunications Vice Minister Jorge Atton, his Brazilian counterpart Cezar Alvarez, and Director of the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC) Ricardo Peixoto.

The cooperation will last two years and also includes courses on digital TV transmission and reception, as well as the production and management of digital contents.

The goal of the Chilean government is that in the next three years the digital TC will reach at least 85 percent of the Chilean territory, and will cover 100 percent two more years later.

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