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• Chile will increase healthcare access over 2018-2022, supported by a National Cancer Plan, the modernisation of Isapres, a National Health Investment Plan and a Digital Hospital programme. 
• Chile will strengthen the registration of medical devices, as most medical devices are not under obligatory control.
• Chile will continue to

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• The ratification of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will benefit Chilean consumers as current import duties will be terminated, bringing the prices for imported vehicles down.
• Asian car brands, especially Japanese, will strengthen their positions with the termination of a 6% import

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• Teck Resources signed a deal to partner with Sumitomo Corporation and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. on constructing phase II of the Chilean copper mine Quebrada Blanca in December 2018.
• We have increased our 2021 Chilean copper concentrate production growth forecasts to reflect the announcement of the production start date for the

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• Chile’s Terminal 2 container port project in Valparaíso is increasingly likely to move into the construction phase following a key environmental approval.
• The advance of the project will support an uptick in construction investment in the country from 2019.
• The construction of the Terminal 2 project in Valparaíso will boost container

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Rebounding economic activity, robust wage growth and the election of business-friendly Sebastian Pinera as President underpins our positive outlook for the Chilean consumer over 2018 and into 2019. While inflation is ticking upwards on the back of higher fuel costs and demand-side pressures, we believe this will have little impact on

We see room for additional upside for Chilean equities over the coming weeks and possibly even months, following a highly bullish break higher for the MSCI Chile equity index. The index broke through key technical resistance at 1,606 on March 16, a highly bullish technical signal, setting Chilean stocks up for a higher trading range. We see little