Peru and China will begin negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement
(FTA) in the first months of 2008, Peru's Foreign Trade and Tourism
Minister Mercedes Araoz announced on Friday.
The Peruvian government of President Alan Garcia will make an
important announcement about this issue in September, Araoz
said.
Since technical committees from both countries have already held
talks, "the possibilities to sign an FTA with China are very high,"
Araoz added.
Garcia will travel to China after attending the Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) meeting, which will be held in
September in Sydney, Australia.
(Xinhua News Agency July 28, 2007)
