The president of the Confederation of Production and Commerce (CPC), Susana Jiménez, has expressed her hope that Chile will face "the least possible damage" from this unilateral decision by the U.S. president.

The Confederation of Production and Commerce (CPC), the association that brings together Chile's leading business leaders, has called for "the best possible mechanism" to address the 10% tariffs imposed on the country by the United States.

This was conveyed by the organization's president, Susana Jiménez, in a radio interview on Thursday, in which she expressed her hope that Chile would face "the least possible damage" from this unilateral decision by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Furthermore, while he stated that this measure hurts and harms them, he added that the United States remains "too" important a partner for Chile, and therefore advocated finding a solution through dialogue.

Jiménez, who already expressed on Wednesday that the tariffs are "bad news for Chile," thus echoes the sentiment expressed on Wednesday by the country's president, Gabriel Boric, who lamented the measure, although he offered a message of reassurance.

"We are working together, both the public and private sectors, to confront the consequences and seize the opportunities that arise from these decisions and the trade war," he noted. Furthermore, the president referred to the exemption of certain export products that are important to Chile's trade balance, such as copper and timber.