Financial daily De Chile: Chile-Peru "
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l was held last Thursday principal Peruvian brokerage, Cade 2009. Similar to our Enade, the appointment was attended by leading businessmen of that country and was the occasion for Mario Brescia to emphasize that the recent reversal of the group in Chile "is a contribution to the task of building a new model of coexistence."
The words of businessman-who with his brother led the purchase of the Lafarge cement plant for U.S. $ 555 million-are particularly pertinent given the complications that have arisen in Chilean-Peruvian relations in recent weeks after allegations of an alleged espionage by Chile. A new episode in addition to the differences between the two countries in relation to maritime boundary, a topic which is known to the neighboring country led to the International Court in The Hague.
Fortunately, the political climate does not fit with what happens in trade and investment. The strong Chilean presence in retail has been one of the protagonists of the fluid relationship that has existed between both countries when it comes to business.
Groups Romero, Pastor Rodriguez and Brescia are some prime examples of the Peruvian presence in the Chilean market. To all this, plus free trade agreement that kept the two nations.
In fact, as listed in the register of investments in the third quarter of the Chamber of Commerce in Santiago, Peru concentrated the highest amount of Chilean investments of the previous seven months. Thus, from 1990 to September this year, the country has received about $ 7 billion in investment by Chilean companies.
All this implies that the relationship of both countries in trade and investment does not depend on all these years of avatars who live at the political level. Therefore, we should consider the current time as a new episode of complication of bilateral political relationship, without going to qualify the events themselves and not think that from now on diametrically change the links that have been held so far.
More than called to cancel trade agreements, what is required now is not to raise the tone of the discussion. The potential that exists in both countries to further develop trade and investment relationship is so large that it would be a pity if all this is hindered by issues that should continue handled only in the political track.
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