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Lima - Peruvian, Colombian and Ecuadorian
officials will hold meetings with their
counterparts from the European Union (EU)
next week for a Free Trade Agreement,
Peruvian authorities said on Friday.
The talks, the second round of its kind,
will run from Monday to Saturday in the
Peruvian capital of Lima, Peruvian Exterior
Commerce and Tourism Ministry said in a
statement.
According to the agenda, on Monday there
will be discussions on such topics as access
to markets, strengthening of commercial
capacities, sustainable commerce and
development as well as services and
investments.
From Tuesday to Saturday, the delegates will
discuss issues including establishment and
movement of capitals, intellectual property
and solution of differences.
The discussion on intellectual property is
seen as one of the most sensitive in the
negotiations, because the Europeans have
demanded an extension of the terms for the
copyrights and data protection.
According to the Ministry, the EU proposed
even more stringent rules of intellectual
property protection than those that Peru
agreed with United States and those that
exist inside the EU.
Nevertheless, Peruvian authorities expressed
their optimism on better results than
previous negotiations.
The first round of negotiations were held
last month in Bogota, Colombia.
The EU had insisted on achieving an
association agreement with all members of
the Andean Community of Nations, which
groups Peru, Colombia and Ecuador and
Bolivia. However, Bolivia was opposed to
such an agreement, which would cause the
"disappearance of the sub-regional bloc."
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