Number: RL34108
Title: U.S.-Peru Economic Relations and the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement
Authors: M. Angeles Villarreal, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: The House passed (285-132) H.R. 3688 to implement the PTPA on November 8, 2007. The Senate passed implementing legislation (77-18) on December 4, 2007 and President Bush signed legislation on December 14, 2007 to implement the agreement (P.L. 110-138). On June 28, 2006, the Peruvian Congress voted 79 to 14 to approve the agreement. In May 2007, Congress and the Administration reached an agreement on a new bipartisan trade framework that calls for the inclusion of core labor and environmental standards in the text of pending and future trade agreements. The United States reached an agreement with Peru on June 25, 2007, on legally binding amendments to the PTPA on labor, the environment, and other matters to reflect the bipartisan agreement of May 10. On June 27, 2007, Peru's Congress voted 70 to 38 in favor of the amendments to the PTPA.
Pages: 20
Date: January 24, 2008