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2.35.  (...) In 2021, (...) the Regulations on the Classification, Labelling and Notification of Hazardous Chemicals were published.

2.38.  (...) Additionally, three initiatives were approved at the ministerial level: (...) and the Roadmap on Combating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing. (...)

2.39.  Since 2019, Chile has played a key role in the APEC forum, addressing current challenges comprehensively, such as combating climate change, building sustainable societies and economies, and empowering women, SMEs, and vulnerable groups(...)

2.40.  (...) Chile led the APEC Trade and Investment Committee (TIC) for the first time in 2020-21, facing the challenge of the global COVID-19 pandemic. During this period, the focus was on (...) sustainability and trade, etc. Virtual dialogues were conducted on promoting transparency in notifications of technical barriers to trade (TBT), policies for trade in carbon-neutral goods and technologies, and the role of government procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, it should be noted that, in 2018, Chile chaired the APEC Senior Officials' Meeting Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation (SCE), which addressed issues of development and integration of remote areas, as well as issues such as (...) and sustainable tourism.

2.45.  The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is a plurilateral economic integration agreement in the Asia-Pacific region. It covers various aspects related to trade policy, including market access in goods, (...), environment, and labour matters. (...) The objectives of the CPTPP include promoting economic integration, establishing predictable legal frameworks for trade, facilitating regional trade, and promoting sustainable growth.

2.47.  (...) the CPTPP[the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership] contains ambitious commitments to liberalize trade in services, financial services, and investment within the bloc, whilst also promoting high standards for investment protection, together with the recognition of States' regulatory powers to pursue legitimate public policy objectives. Even so, high-level environmental and labour disciplines were added to promote sustainable trade relations among signatories.

2.52.  The Council of Finance Ministers was created in 2015 under the auspices of the PA[Pacific Alliance], as an institution for deep economic and financial integration. (...) Since its inception, it has been instrumental in conducting initiatives through technical groups on matters related to (...) and sustainable development, and tax treatment.

2.55.  Together with the foregoing, Chile's pro tempore presidencies of the PA[Pacific Alliance] have been marked by the following major achievements:
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• Plastic free region and against climate change: The Roadmap for the Sustainable Management of Plastics was adopted at the Santiago Presidential Summit in December 2020, with the aim of implementing the PA Presidential Declaration on Sustainable Plastic Management signed in Lima in July 2019.
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2.63.  [During the year 2018, Canada, Chile and New Zealand engaged in dialogue for the development of a progressive and inclusive trade agenda] The three countries agreed on a declaration signed on 8 March 2018 (...) In addition, the declaration stipulates that the three countries will work on matters such as climate change, women and trade, trade and indigenous peoples, and an assessment of the effectiveness of the CPTPP three years following its entry into force. (...)

2.67.  In addition, Chile appreciates the work that has been done within the GTAGA[the Global Trade and Gender Arrangement] in pursuit of methodologies that incorporate an assessment with a more sustainable and inclusive perspective on trade agreements, as proposed within the group with the review three years after the CPTPP's[the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership] entry into force.