USTR Comments on Peru's Inadequate Forest Sector Governance
U.S. Trade Representative Kirk announced that the U.S. is deeply concerned that the Government of Peru has not yet taken all necessary steps to ensure complete implementation of the Annex on Forest Sector Governance under the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement by the August 1, 2010 deadline.
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The Office of the USTR is assessing the other options available to it under the Agreement, but as a first step, it will be sending a senior USTR official to Lima in the coming days to meet with Peruvian officials to determine how this situation can be promptly resolved. The USTR is also requesting to convene a meeting of the PTPA’s Forest Sector Sub-Committee at the earliest possible date to reach agreement on a concrete course of action that can bring Peru into compliance within a limited timeframe.