Peru hopes to make progress on XI TPP Round of Negotiations

  

Lima, Mar. 04 (ANDINA). Peru's Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) expects to achieve significant progress in the chapters of Customs, Intellectual Property Rights and Geographical Indicators by the end of the Eleventh Round of Negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), reported Sudnay Deputy Foreign Trade, Carlos Posada.

The Eleventh Round of Negotiations began on March 9 and will end on Friday in the city of Melbourne (Australia).

"I hope the Customs chapter will be closed on issues referred to trade facilitation, and that our clearance procedures are the optimal without any request to change legislation," he told Andina news agency.

Posada said there are many chances that the customs procedures are accepted in the negotiations.

This round of negotiations are expected to register progress in intellectual property and, specifically, in copyright.

"The tricky part of the copyright chapter is referred to health and I hope we can continue dialogue in the coming months," he said.

The chapter referred to Geographical Indications is referred to products with designation of origin that currently enter these markets, such as pisco, Chulucanas pottery of Ica bean.

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