We assume that the nuclear potential for distances larger than 2.5 fm
is given just by the exchanges of one and two pions and, for the latte
r, we adopt a model based on chiral symmetry and subthreshold pion-nuc
leon amplitudes, which contains no free parameters. The predictions pr
oduced by this model for nucleon-nucleon observables are calculated an
d shown to agree well with both experiment and those due to phenomenol
ogical potentials. [S0556-2813(98)01503-9].