Peru–United States Trade Promotion Agreement

Peru–United States Trade Promotion Agreement
Long titleThe United States-Peru Free Trade Agreement
Acronyms (colloquial)PTPA
Enacted bythe 110th United States Congress
EffectiveFebruary 1, 2009
Citations
Public law110-138
Statutes at Large121 Stat. 1455
Legislative history

The United States–Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (Spanish: Acuerdo de Promoción Comercial Perú – Estados Unidos o Tratado de Libre Comercio Perú – Estados Unidos) is a bilateral free trade agreement, whose objectives are eliminating obstacles to trade, consolidating access to goods and services and fostering private investment in and between the United States and Peru. Besides commercial issues, it incorporates economic, institutional, intellectual property, labor and environmental policies, among others. The agreement was signed on April 12, 2006; ratified by the Peruvian Congress on June 28, 2006; by the U.S. House of Representatives on November 2, 2007, and by the U.S. Senate on December 4, 2007. The Agreement was implemented on February 1, 2009.