EU signs comprehensive trade agreement with Colombia and Peru

The EU signed on 26 June 2012 an ambitious and comprehensive Trade Agreement with Colombia and Peru. EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht signed the deal together with Danish Ambassador Jonas Bering Liisberg representing the Presidency of the Council of the EU, the Colombian Minister for Trade Sergio Díaz-Granados, and the Peruvian Minister for Foreign Trade José Luis Silva Martinot.

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European Commission: MEMO/12/487: Highlights of the Trade Agreement between Colombia, Peru and the European Union http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/12/487&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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

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