Canada signed free trade agreements Jan. 26 with Peru and the European Free Trade Association, a group of four small EU countries.
Both deals include the eliminations of import tariffs on a variety of agricultural products including wheat, durum, special crops, pork and oilseeds.
Two-way trade between Canada and Peru in 2006 totalled about $2.4 billion, and with the trade association, $10.7 billion.
A more detailed story about the Peru deal, written before the agreement was signed, can be found here. The Western Producer has different deadlines for different sections of the paper.
