Peru


Peru's “Bagua massacre” haunts the TPP
The experience of the US-Peru FTA makes clear even improved labor and environmental chapters cannot overcome the NAFTA-style investor protections at the core of the Peru FTA and now TPP.
Peru eyes free trade agreement with India
Peru is looking to sign a free trade agreement with India, it has been reported.
Peru to launch free trade agreement talks with Indonesia this year
Peruvian Trade and Tourism Minister Magali Silva has announced that, in the second half of this year, Peru and Indonesia will begin negotiations to reach an agreement that favors preferential trade between both countries.
Peru opens free trade agreement talks with Armenia
Peru's Foreign Minister and her Armenian counterpart met in Lima on Monday to discuss the prospect of a free trade agreement between the two countries. Armenia will soon join the Russian-led Customs Union, which aims to become Eurasia's economic union modeled after the EU by 2015.
Peru, Israel foster agriculture cooperation, eyeing for FTA
Peru and Israel have signed a declaration aimed at increasing agriculture cooperation and optimization of water resources, striving towards a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA), Peru's Agriculture and Irrigation Ministry (Minagri) has reported.
Peru's FTA with Thailand to increase exports of grapes and fish
The recent free trade agreement with Thailand is expected to allow Peruvian producers to increase their exports of grapes, canned food, flour and fish, Peru's Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister announced Monday.
Peruvian legislators file motion seeking public debate on the Trans Pacific Partnership
On August 28, a group of members of the Peruvian legislature – the Parlamentario Acción Popular-Frente Amplio – proposed [a motion that asks for greater transparency in the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations.
Peru starts talks on FTA with Russia, Turkey, Israel
Peru's Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Magali Silva, said that Peru has started the first talks toward an eventual free trade agreement between Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, India, Indonesia, Turkey and Israel.
EU delegation in Peru to evaluate FTA progress
A delegation of the European Economic and Social Committee will arrive on Monday in Peru in order to evaluate the progress on the implementation of the Multi-Party Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Andean country.
Guatemala asks Peru to reduce sugar tariffs, launch FTA
The Central American nation of Guatemala has not exported sugar to Peru since June of last year due to an increase of tariffs implemented by the Andean country over the past year, El Comercio reported.