
The Government of Peru, through a communication issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, highlighted the “excellent level” of its relationship with Colombia, one day before the Presidents Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and Juan Manuel Santos meet in the Peruvian city Arequipa to participate in the Presidential Meeting and III Bi-national Cabinet. PERU HIGHLIGHTS EXCELENT LEVEL OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH COLOMBIA The German Ambassador in Lima Jorg Renau, in a recent interview pointed out that there are very important German investments in our country, such as the Jorge Chávez International Airport, and he stated that currently many German business delegations are interested in having a larger commercial exchange and that Peru is a stable country to make business, where they can work very well. MORE GERMAN COMPANIES WILL HAVE BUSINESS IN PERU The official met with the British Minister of International Trade, Lord Price, who is in an official visit to Peru, and they addressed the significance of strengthening commercial bonds between both countries. The UK expressed its real interest in promoting and consolidating its commercial relationship with our country, stated the Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur), Eduardo Ferreyros. UNITED KINGDOM AIMS AT CONSOLIDATING COMMERCIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH PERU “Make an additional half point than in 2016 is relevant for the national economy, since it is one of the activities generating more jobs”, he indicated. The national manufacturing activity would grow 3.5 % in 2017, promoted by a larger demand for inputs related to construction, food and the metal-mechanic sector projected the Vice Minister, Juan Carlos Mathews. THE INDUSTRY WOULD GROW 3.5% DUE TO CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS Furthermore, it informed that Australian businessmen are looking for new opportunities to invest their capital in the Peruvian economy.
SPAIN LEAD SHEET FREE
The Australian Ambassador in Peru, Nicholas McCaffrey, considered interesting the possibility to negotiate a Free Trade Agreement with Peru in the event that the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement is withdrawn. (.) He pointed out that the main Spanish companies are operating in sanitation and water, energy, services, oil, highway infrastructure, gas, telecommunications, bank and insurance sectors. Spanish companies are interested in infrastructure works promoted by the Peruvian Government to boost the national economy, informed the President of the Chamber of Commerce of Spain, Luis Velasco. SPANISH ARE INTERESTED IN INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS The Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Eduardo Ferreyros, pointed out that it aims at extending the scope to the export of services related to Information Technologies. Peru is a few meters away from completing a long race, it started 5 years ago to enter into a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India. According to the international entity, Peru is followed by Paraguay (3.6%), Bolivia (3.5%), Argentina (2.7%), Colombia (2.5%), Chile (2%), Uruguay (1.6%) and Brazil (0.5%), while Venezuela has a downturn of 4.3%, refers the report. World Bank’s projections highlight Peru’s leadership (4.2%) in terms of economic growth for 2017 among the countries in South America. WORLD BANK: PERU WILL LEAD GROWTH IN SOUTHAMERICA IN 2017
SPAIN LEAD SHEET PRO
ProInversión, through its Committee on Hydrocarbons and Energy Projects Pro Connectivity announces the call for its tender of Comprehensive Projects for awarding concession of the Guaranteed Transmission System (GTS)’s projects “Link 500 kV Mantaro – Nueva Yanango – Carapongo and Associated Sub-stations”, and “Link 500 kV Nueva Yanango – Nueva Huánuco and Associated Sub-stations” 5 project to be defined theirs investment amountsĬALL FOR CONCESSION OF ELECTRIC POWER PROJECTS IS ANNOUNCED The Private Investment Promotion Agency (ProInversión) and the Ministry of Economy and Finances (MEF) presented the "Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) strategy as an engine of economic growth", which consists on reforming the PPP framework and strengthening ProInversión's governance and new capabilities.ĥ00 kV Mantaro - Nueva Yanango -Carapongo Connection and associated sub stations", and "500 kV Nueva Yanango - Nueva Huanuco connection and associated sub stationsĥ00 kV Mantaro - Nueva Yanango -Carapongo Connection and associated sub stations" - First draft of the contractĥ00 kV Nueva Yanango - Nueva Huanuco connection and associated sub stations - First draft of the contract PROINVERSIÓN PRESENTS APP PROJECT PORTFOLIO TO BOOST THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY In this regard, in the World Economic Forum 2017 in Davos (Switzerland), Alfredo Thorne, Minister of Economy and Finances, emphasized that Goldman Sachs investment bank recommended Peru as destination for global investments. International investors are glad to observe the progress made by the Peruvian economy, which as of November 2016 records 88 consecutive months of expansion. Español / IS RECOMMENDED AS DESTINATION FOR GLOBAL INVESTMENT
