Chile’s Government Looks to China to Upgrade Its Economy Beyond Commodities

  • Foreign Relations Undersecretary Sanhueza speaks in interview
  • President Boric will make his first trip to China this month
Claudia Sanhueza speaks during an interview in Santiago on Oct. 4.Photographer: Cristobal Olivares/Bloomberg
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Chilean President Gabriel Boric embarks on his first trip to China with an ambitious agenda that seeks deals to make the country’s economy more efficient and help it develop beyond its traditional commodities exporter role.

“We want to move toward a new stage that includes investments in the country that help us improve productivity,” Chile International Economic Relations Undersecretary Claudia Sanhueza said in an interview ahead of Boric’s first trip to the Asian country next week.