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Peru, China to speed up FTA talks

(LIP-do) -- China and Peru will speed up talks on reaching a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between both countries, assured the Minister of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, Chen Deming. “We will step up the pace of FTA negotiations because we aim to get this deal signed as soon as possible”, he told Andina news agency. Minister Chen Deming said he is satisfied with the progress of bilateral negotiations because the technical teams of both nations work hard to achieve this goal. To keep reading article, click here.


APEC to strengthen integration to reach free trade area

(LIP-do) -- APEC's 21 member economies are committed to join forces to strengthen their integration so as to have a free trade area in the long term, reported today the minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Mercedes Aráoz "We will make a huge effort to strengthen our integration capacity in the region", she said during closing ceremony of the APEC Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT), held in Arequipa. She stated Peru has contributed to this purpose working on documents and base studies to find model chapters to help APEC integration. In this sense, she explained that the MRT approved three model chapters which include measures about non-linking issues for APEC economies, such as competence policies, environment and temporal migration of business leaders.


Peru beefs up security in Lambayeque for APEC Meetings

Peruvian Minister of the Interior, Luis Alva Castro, said today that the Peruvian government will enhance security measures in Lambayeque by sending 50 additional patrol vehicles to this northern region of Peru which is to host a series of APEC meetings in August this year. Minister Alva Castro made these statements during the first extraordinary session of the Regional Committee on Public Safety of Lambayeque which aims at reviewing and discussing the necessary measures to ensure security in this region. To continue reading article, click here.


News Source: Andina