tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514568250196151332.post8832006735315952391..comments2023-10-30T12:15:08.746-04:00Comments on China South America: Peru hopes to seal free trade pact with China during APEC Summit - 2 years later - big change in diplomacy as notedBennett A. Reisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07185933562563170289noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8514568250196151332.post-74794268152606115212008-06-13T16:31:00.000-04:002008-06-13T16:31:00.000-04:00Peru: Free Trade Agreements with European Union, C...Peru: Free Trade Agreements with European Union, China & the U.S.<BR/><BR/>00<BR/>Peru's Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Antonio García Belaunde<BR/>© Andina<BR/>(LIP-ir) -- Peru's Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Antonio García Belaunde affirmed yesterday that Peru would sign free trade agreements with the European Union and with the Republic of China next year.<BR/><BR/>In addition, García Belaunde stated that he was sure that by the middle of October the free trade agreement with the U.S. would be ratified.<BR/><BR/>"If everything goes well, by mid-October we will have a free trade agreement with the U.S. If everything works out, in one more year we'll have another free trade agreement with the European Union and with China," stated García Belaunde.<BR/><BR/>"What is this telling us? That Peru's main three trade partners, the three that make up 70 to 75 percent of our exportation, will open their markets. In turn, there will be more opportunities in our country," declared Belaunde to Peru's press.<BR/><BR/>In addition, Peru's Minister of Foreign Affairs assured that trade negotiations would begin with China this year. Belaunde spoke to the press after signing an agreement with Peru's Exporters Association (ADEX). The agreement is to help students in their training as Peru's future exporters.<BR/><BR/>accessed from <BR/><BR/>http://www.livinginperu.com/news-4734-economy-peru-free-trade-agreements-with-european-union-china-u-s-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com