Pacific Alliance Alianza del Pacífico
Emblem
Dark green: Full members[needs update]
Official language	Spanish
Type	Trade bloc
Membership	Chile  Colombia  Mexico  Peru
Leaders
• Presidentpro tempore	Gustavo Petro
Establishment	6 June 2012
Area
• Total	5,147,441[a] km2 (1,987,438 sq mi)
Population
• 2024 estimate	225 million[1]
• Density	45.2/km2 (117.1/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2022 estimate
• Total	US$4.981 trillion (6th)
• Per capita	US$21,399.46
GDP (nominal)	2022 estimate
• Total	US$2.317 trillion (8th)
• Per capita	US$9,955.18
Website alianzapacifico.net/en
Combined census estimates of member states.

ThePacific Alliance (Spanish:Alianza del Pacífico) is aLatin Americantrade bloc, formed byChile,Colombia,Mexico andPeru, which all border thePacific Ocean. The alliance was formed with the express purpose of improving regional integration and moving toward complete freedom in the movement of goods, services, capital and people between the four member states. Together, these four countries have a combined population of more than 230 million people and make up roughly 35 percent of Latin American GDP.

The following countries are full members, in the process of becoming full members or observers.On 28 April 2011, then president of PeruAlan García organized a meeting with the presidents of Chile, Colombia and Mexico at the time. This working group issued theDeclaración de Lima, a statement of intent to establish the Pacific Alliance.^[2] The initial goal of the alliance was to further free trade with "a clear orientation toward Asia" and regional economic integration.^[3]

Together, the four member states of the Pacific Alliance represent nearly 35 percent of Latin American GDP. If it were counted as a single country, the Pacific Alliance would have a nominal GDP of US$2.02 trillion (US$4.32 trillion atPPP GDP rates),^[4] making it the 9th (or 7th) largest economy in the world. According to theWorld Trade Organization, the countries of the Pacific Alliance together exported roughly US$680 billion in 2019, almost twice as much asMercosur, the other predominant Latin American trade bloc.^[5] Individually and collectively, the core countries of the Pacific Alliance have been deemed "The Pacific Pumas" by political scientists, for their model of economic and political development.^{[citation needed]}

At the VII Pacific Alliance Summit inCali, Colombia, on 22 May 2013, Costa Rica signed a trade agreement with Colombia, and later in the summit received approval for full membership from all the founding members.^[6] Costa Rica is finishing up the process so it can be readily incorporated as the Alliance's fifth member. At the same summit seven observers were admitted: the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Honduras, Paraguay, Portugal, among others.^[7]

In addition to reducingtrade barriers, the Pacific Alliance has begun several other projects for regional integration, including visa-free tourist travel,^[8] a common stock exchange, and joint embassies in several countries.

In May 2016, the Pacific Alliance removed 92 percent oftariffs on goods traded between members.^[9] Based on a 2013 agreement, the rest of the tariffs will be removed by 2020.^[8]

On 26 January 2022, the Pacific Alliance signed its first collective free trade agreement with a nation outside the alliance:Singapore. Singapore had been a candidate for associate member status of the Pacific Alliance since 2017.^[10] As of February 2023, ratification of the PASFTA is ongoing.^[11]

TheMercado Integrado Latinoamericano (MILA) originally integrated the stock markets of Colombia (Colombia Stock Exchange), Chile (Santiago Stock Exchange), and Peru (Lima Stock Exchange), and is seen as a foundation for the Alliance's economic integration. These three stock markets began their integration in November 2010; this made it Latin America's largest market according to number of issuers, the second by market capitalization, and the third by turnover.

TheMexican Stock Exchange began the process of incorporation into MILA and its full incorporation was expected by the year 2014. The Mexican Stock Exchange took the step of acquiring a total of 3.79 million shares of theLima Stock Exchange (BVL), equivalent to 6.7 percent of the shares of Series A of that market.^[12] This is part of an agreement for a strategic partnership in order to develop joint business activities and development of the stock markets of Peru and Mexico, and eventually complete integration into MILA.

The Mexican Stock Exchange met the timeframe and announced the first trade made as part of MILA on 2 December 2014.^[13] The trade on MIILA was a $1,415 purchase of 200 shares in Chilean retailerFalabella, executed by GBM Mexico through GBM Chile.^[13] With the entry of Mexico into MILA, the integrated stock market now counts 780 issuers among the four countries, making it the biggest market by number of listed companies in Latin America, and the biggest in terms of market capitalization, according to theWorld Federation of Exchanges.^[13] The joint capitalization of the four bourses tops US$1.25 trillion, making it larger than the US$1.22 trillionBM&F Bovespa.^[12]

Santiago Stock Exchange,Chile

ColombiaStock Exchange

MexicanStock Exchange

Lima Stock Exchange,Peru

Among the more important agreements that have been reached is the creation of jointdiplomatic missions (embassies, consulates, etc.) that will provide citizens of Pacific Alliance member states with needed diplomatic services. The Declaration of Cali highlights the importance of the opening of an embassy shared between Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru inGhana, as well as the agreement between Chile and Colombia to share embassies inAlgeria andMorocco and between Colombia and Peru to share an embassy inVietnam. The Declaration of Cali encourages these countries to move forward on these initiatives. In November 2014, Mexico opened its firsttrade office in Africa; located inCasablanca and shared with the other Pacific Alliance members.^[14]

As of July 2018, there are 55 observer states of which two are candidate countries, in process of full membership, which are the Central-American countries of Costa Rica and Panama.

Canada has also been mentioned as a candidate to join the alliance, and called a "natural fit" by Mexico's vice-minister of foreign affairs, Sergio Alcocer.^[15] It has free-trade agreements with the four founding members, and has been encouraged by regional leaders to join the alliance. However theCanadian government has yet to upgrade itsobserver status toobserver-candidate as it is still determining whether or not to become a member.^[15][16]

Costa Rica began the process of joining on 10 February 2014 at the eighth summit of the Alliance inCartagena de Indias, Colombia, when PresidentLaura Chinchilla signed a protocol at a plenary session finalizing the decision to join the alliance.^[17] The country had since postponed its incorporation into the alliance indefinitely, pending consultations by its presidential economic council.^[18] However, on 8 July 2022, PresidentRodrigo Chaves Robles announced that Costa Rica had applied to become a full member of the Alliance.^[19]

Ecuador has been critical of the alliance in conjunction with other leaders ofALBA,^[20] but its president,Rafael Correa, has also speculated on a possible future bid if integration advances in areas other than trade.^[21]

Guatemala has expressed concrete interest in joining the Pacific Alliance and is pursuing trade deals with current members as a precursor to a possible membership application.^[7]

Panama has expressed interest in joining the Alliance,^[22] and is an official observer-candidate according to the website.^[23] Panama has already signed trade deals with Colombia, Peru and Chile, and reached an agreement with Mexico to sign a free-trade deal in March 2014.^[24] While fulfilling most of the criteria to enter in the alliance,^[25] the country has so far refused to commit itself to full membership.^[26]

Paraguay, a founding member of Mercosur and observer of the Pacific Alliance, has begun pursuing free-trade deals with current members as a precursor to a possible membership application.^[27] Paraguay was suspended from Mercosur following theimpeachment of Fernando Lugo, although Paraguay asked Mercosur to lift the sanction. After theelection and inauguration ofHoracio Cartes, Paraguay has so far claimed "Paraguay would not abandon Mercosur", but assured it will seek to join the alliance.^[28] The government has said it is reportedly considering joining the Pacific Alliance in addition to rejoining Mercosur.^[27][29]

U.S. Vice PresidentJoe Biden expressed that theUnited States was willing to join the Pacific Alliance as an observer on 23 May 2013, in Bogotá, Colombia, during a bilateral meeting withColombian PresidentJuan Manuel Santos.^[30]

Argentine PresidentMauricio Macri, during his campaign and in press conferences after the election, has expressed his desire to bring his country closer to the Pacific Alliance and also work on integration between the bloc and his country's trade blocMercosur.^[31]

Uruguay has been encouraged to join the alliance by existing members Peru and Colombia, and is reportedly considering the possibility of accession.^[32]

Honduras officially applied for formal membership in October 2016, with the vocal support of Chile.^[33]

No.	Date	Host country	Host figure	Location held	Notes
I	28 April 2011	Peru	PresidentAlan García Pérez	Lima, Peru
II	4 December 2011	Mexico	PresidentFelipe Calderón Hinojosa	Mérida, Mexico
III	5 March 2012	None			First virtual presidential summit.
IV	6 June 2012	Chile	PresidentSebastián Piñera Echenique	Antofagasta, Chile
V	17 November 2012	Spain	None	Cádiz, Spain	The summit held after the XXIIIberoamerican Summit.
VI	27 January 2013	Chile	PresidentSebastián Piñera Echenique	Santiago, Chile
VII	20–23 May 2013	Colombia	PresidentJuan Manuel Santos	Cali, Colombia
VIII	8–10 February 2014			Cartagena, Colombia
IX	19–20 June 2014	Mexico	PresidentEnrique Peña Nieto	Nayarit, Mexico
X	1–3 July 2015	Peru	PresidentOllanta Humala	Paracas, Peru
XI	1 July 2016	Chile	PresidentMichelle Bachelet	Puerto Varas, Chile
XII	29–30 June 2017	Colombia	PresidentJuan Manuel Santos	Cali, Colombia
XIII	24–25 July 2018	Mexico	PresidentEnrique Peña Nieto,	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
XIV	5–6 July 2019	Peru	PresidentMartín Vizcarra	Lima, Peru	PresidentLopez Obrador of Mexico didn't participate in the summit.
XV	11 December 2020	Chile	PresidentSebastián Piñera	No host city	The summit was held virtually due to theCOVID-19 pandemic
XVI	26 January 2022	Colombia	PresidentIván Duque	Bahía Málaga, Colombia
XVII	TBA 2023	Peru	PresidentDina Boluarte	TBA	Originally supposed to be held inMexico City, Mexico, on 25 November 2022 and to be hosted by PresidentAndrés Manuel López Obrador.[34] Because of the unavailability of then-President of PeruPedro Castillo to leave the country for Mexico, it was first announced that the summit would take place inLima,Peru on 14 December 2022.[35] However, due to thePeruvian political crisis caused by the2022 Peruvian self-coup attempt along with its subsequentprotests, the summit was suspended until 2023.

• Chile
• Colombia
• Mexico
• Peru

• Singapore^[36]

• Australia^[37]
• Canada
• Costa Rica (in the process of becoming a full member)
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• New Zealand
• Panama
• United States

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