A study by the Imagen de Chile Foundation found that wine and fruit are the Chilean products most recognized internationally.

Topics: Chile- Marca Chile- Imagen de Chile Foundation

Changes in labor and tax legislation as well as FOGAPE credits are some of the topics that have been explained by experts in the webinars, which have also covered investment opportunities.

Topics: InvestChile Talks- InvestChile- Coronavirus- COVID-19- FOGAPE

 

Topics: Foreign Investment in Chile- Acciona- Coronavirus- COVID-19- Foreign companies

 

Topics: Foreign Investment in Chile- Coronavirus- COVID-19- Foreign companies

The organization has influenced the design of a dozen programs and social policies, involving 87 legislative reforms, 14 new public institutions and the commissioning of 87 studies.

Topics: OCDE- InvestChile

Health centers in Chile have already provided more than 6,000 remote services. This form of attention has increased in the last month since the Superintendency of Health authorized doctors to attend their patients by videoconference.

Topics: InvestChile- Digital Hub- Coronavirus- COVID-19- telemedicine

The digital version of the Chinese currency is an equivalent to the fiduciary currency. Proposed by the People’s Bank of China, it is a substitute for banknotes and is currently undergoing internal and closed pilot testing.

Topics: China- Digital Economy- Chinese demand- Chinese investment

The measures are part of the government’s Social Protection Plan and include the creation of a state loan guarantee fund to facilitate SMEs’ access to credit.  

Topics: Chile- Coronavirus- COVID-19- Chilean Government

A report by the OECD describes the short and long-term measures that the institutions are taking to minimize the pandemic’s impact on foreign investment. It highlights the report on the health crisis prepared by InvestChile.

Topics: OCDE- InvestChile- COVID-19- Investment promotion agencies- IPAs

Through INAPI’s online platform, a trademark can be registered quickly and 100% securely from anywhere. 

Topics: Inapi- Intellectual Property- Trademark- Brand

The project, which received support from InvestChile, will provide financial and accounting services to the holding’s companies in the United States and Canada.

Topics: Food Industry- global services- Foreign Direct Investment- German investment in Chile- Business Center

According to statistics through to December 2019, there were 16.5 million 4G connections in Chile; ahead of the advent of 5G, this indicates that Chileans adapt quickly to changes in technology.

Topics: data- Conectivity- 5G- Internet

Chilean opticians developed a way of trying on glasses virtually and sales rocketed. Will Bloom’s online sales increased by 600% in March, due to the spread of coronavirus.

Topics: Innovation- Entrepreneurship- App- Coronavirus- COVID-19- Instagram

According to UNCTAD, at least half of the countries have introduced new measures to facilitate or promote investment.

Topics: FDI- Coronavirus- UNCTAD- COVID-19- FDI Flows- Global FDI

Today, in the midst of the crisis caused by the appearance of COVID-19, we have seen how large economies have closed their borders in a bid to combat a pandemic that is claiming victims around the world. However, this has not meant that world trade has stopped, especially when it comes to food.

Topics: Food Industry- opinions- Foods- Coronavirus- COVID-19- Supply chain in Chile

Out of 468 companies surveyed by ACHS, 81.3% have implemented some level of remote work and indicated that they decided to do so in response to the appearance of COVID-19 in Chile.

Topics: Coronavirus- COVID-19- Remote Work- Doing Business From Home

The multinational brewer will donate alcohol in gel form and deploy a campaign to support the restaurant sector; it has also launched a labor market reinsertion program.   

Topics: Food Industry- AB InBev- Coronavirus- COVID-19- Brewer

Chinese technology company Huawei has provided Santiago’s Public Health Emergency Hospital (ex-Central Emergency Hospital) with an artificial intelligence-assisted Covid-19 diagnosis system that it will operate in partnership with Entel.

Topics: Chile- technology- Artificial Intelligence- Huawei- Coronavirus- COVID-19

The pandemic has forced governments to take prevention and mitigation measures that have impacted all the components of foreign direct investment (FDI).

Topics: FDI- Coronavirus- UNCTAD- COVID-19- FDI Flows- Foreign Direct Investment- Global FDI