The protocol amending the 2009 China-Peru free trade agreement takes effect on 1 November 2026, adding five new chapters, including e-commerce and global supply chains, and revising seven existing ones.
The protocol amending the 2009 free trade agreement (FTA) between China and Peru enters into force on 1 November 2026, according to China’s Ministry of Commerce.
Negotiations began in November 2018, and the protocol was signed on 14 November 2024. The original agreement dates to 2009 and took effect in 2010, and it was China’s first comprehensive FTA with a Latin American country.
The protocol revises seven existing chapters: rules of origin, customs procedures and trade facilitation, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, intellectual property, trade in services, temporary entry of business personnel, and investment. It adds five new ones covering standards and conformity assessment, competition policy, e-commerce, global supply chains, and environment and trade.
The supply chain chapter promotes multimodal transport and foreign trade logistics corridors. Both sides also set out provisions for future talks on negative lists for services and investment, which would open those sectors further.
China is Peru’s largest trading partner, export market and source of imports, while Peru is China’s fourth-largest trading partner in Latin America and a significant investment destination.
