text: Chile , Mexico to seek to broaden trade deal . SANTIAGO 1996-12-05 Chile and Mexico will start negotiations next year to broaden their free trade agreement to include services and investments , Finance Minister Eduardo Aninat said . Chile hopes to broaden the treaty signed in 1994 beyond reduction of tariffs on imports and exports and add provisions covering services and investment codes , said Aninat . Both areas tend to more laden with friction in free trade negotiations than tariff reduction . ' ' In January or February , we 'll have some very close contacts with Mexico to add the issue of services and advance on the issue of investments , ' ' Aninat told reporters after signing a free trade deal with Canada . ' ' We want to give the treaty between Mexico and Chile greater depth and coverage than it has now . It 's very good now , but it practically only covers trade in goods , ' ' he said . Aninat also said he was confident the Chilean Congress would ratify the treaty with Congress quickly . ' ' The reactions from business and unions which I have seen have been almost unanimously positive , so I do n't see any problem , ' ' he said . -- Roger Atwood , Santiago newsroom +56-2-699-5595 x211