Press Release: EU Trade Commissioner De Gucht welcomes key step towards finalisation of trade deal with Colombia and Peru

Together with the Colombian Minister for Trade and the Peruvian Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade, EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht welcomed the initialling of the Trade Agreement between the EU, Colombia and Peru on 13 April 2011.

This ambitious agreement, estimated to be worth overall half a billion euros in duties saved alone, would open up markets on both sides and increase the stability and predictability of the trading environment.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Relations between Peru and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/relations-between-peru-and-the-european-union/

EU Observer: 14.04.11: EU signs trade deals with Peru and Colombia http://euobserver.com/9/32177

European Commission: DG Trade: Policy: Countries and regions: Andean Community http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/regions/andean-community/

EU: EEAS: Latin America and the Carribean https://eeas.europa.eu/diplomatic-network/latin-america-and-caribbean_en

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