Relationship dossier
Chile
India
Relationship assessment
Chile and India maintain practical economic cooperation, including an expanded preferential trade agreement.
Chile toward India
+35The Chilean government participated in establishing and expanding the preferential trade agreement with India, which entered into force in 2007 and was expanded in 2017. The governments have also pursued cooperation in areas including mining and space.
India toward Chile
+35The Indian government participated in establishing and expanding the preferential trade agreement with Chile, which entered into force in 2007 and was expanded in 2017. The governments have also pursued cooperation in areas including mining and space.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship has a durable economic foundation in the bilateral preferential trade agreement and its expansion, alongside cooperation in selected technical fields. This supports a constructive partnership, while the breadth and intensity of wider political cooperation remain less clear.
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 India have developed practical economic cooperation, notably through a preferential trade agreement that entered into force in 2007 and was expanded in 2017. The two governments have also pursued bilateral cooperation in areas including mining and space. These arrangements indicate a constructive relationship, though the scope and depth of cooperation across other policy areas are less clear.
Key developments
Chile and India signed a preferential trade agreement, which entered into force in 2007.
Chile and India expanded the product coverage of their preferential trade agreement.
The two governments pursued bilateral cooperation in areas including mining and space.
Major uncertainties
- The current scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation beyond trade are unclear.
- The extent of recent high-level political coordination is uncertain.