U.S., Chile Agree on Free Trade This issue has been the top news story in Chile yesterday and today. Last night our president spoke to the nation about it. But I had a hard time finding it in US newspapers. "The U.S.-Chile pact, for example, would eliminate tariffs in the first year on more than 85 percent of the two-way trade in consumer and industrial goods. After 12 years no duties would be imposed on any products traded between the two countries." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42567-2002Dec11.html