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Peru signs CPTPP trade agreement

Exports. Photo: ANDINA/ Archive.

Exports. Photo: ANDINA/ Archive.

16:51 | Santiago (Chile), Mar. 8.

Peru and 10 other countries signed the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in Santiago on Thursday.

Deemed as the most ambitious free-trade agreement, CPTPP involves 11 countries from the Asia-Pacific region: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Mexico, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Viet Nam.

In this sense, Ministers from these 11 nations met in Chile to sign this revamped agreement.

This measure gives a strong signal in favor of free trade and creates a market of 498 million consumers, which account for nearly 15% of world's trade.

It must be noted Foreign Trade Ministers of TPP signatory countries had agreed to assess the options to reach a new agreement following the United States' withdrawal in 2017.

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Published: 3/8/2018