Peru to seek more free trade pacts

Lima (ANDINA). Peru’s new Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Jose Luis Silva said Monday he will push negotiations on a number of pending and prospective free trade agreements (FTA).

The Peruvian government plans to complete trade talks with Central American countries and nations that rim the Pacific Ocean (Trans-Pacific Partnership), Silva said.

"In the case of Central America, Peru has already signed an FTA with Panama and Costa Rica; while it is still in talks with Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras," he stated.