Relationship dossier
Chile
Guatemala
Relationship assessment
A cooperative economic relationship anchored by a free trade agreement.
Chile toward Guatemala
+20Chile participates in the Chile–Central America Free Trade Agreement as applied to Guatemala, providing a framework for trade cooperation with the Guatemalan government.
Guatemala toward Chile
+20Guatemala participates in the Chile–Central America Free Trade Agreement as applied to Chile, providing a framework for trade cooperation with the Chilean government.
Overall relationship
+20The bilateral relationship has a durable cooperative economic foundation in the free trade agreement, in force between the countries since 2010. The extent of additional sustained cooperation or significant disagreement is unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Chile and Guatemala have a cooperative economic framework through the Chile–Central America Free Trade Agreement, which entered into force for Guatemala in 2010. This provides a concrete basis for bilateral cooperation, though the scope of other government-to-government initiatives and the relationship’s broader recent development is unclear.
Key developments
The Chile–Central America Free Trade Agreement entered into force for Guatemala, establishing a bilateral framework for trade cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation beyond the trade agreement are unclear.
- The scale of recent government-to-government engagement is uncertain.