Bolivia Laments Peru-US FTA

PRENSA LATINA

Bolivian Foreign Minister
David Choquehuanca




La Paz, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca lamented on Wednesday that despite widespread disapproval of the people, Peru"s outgoing Congress has ratified a free trade agreement with the US.

FTA Sanction Betrays Peru Farming

Choquehuanca also announced that the Bolivian government is arranging a trip by President Evo Morales to the US, in order to seek an extension of a preferential tariff regime for Bolivian products, which is scheduled to expire by the end of this year.

The Bolivian top official recalled that the free trade agreements affect the rights of the peoples of Colombia and Peru, which oppose them, and added that the Peruvian Parliament, which approved the treaty early Wednesday, is close to end its term.

He denied that Bolivia was isolating itself in the international scene by maintaining its view opposed to the FTA, as the Executive strives to broaden trade relations with all countries, not only with the US.

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