Supply Chain Research

Peru’s President Kuczynski will meet with President Trump later this week, the first trade talks the latter has held with a smaller trade partner. Peru will be keen to secure a deal after the U.S. left the TPP. The U.S. may also want to avoid Peru falling into the APEC-inspired FTAAP trade deal, particularly after its trade surplus with Peru dropped to $639 million in the past year from a peak of $2.6 billion. Panjiva’s analysis of Peru’s top 200 export lines shows the main area of opportunity for trade with the U.S. vs. its global exports is in metal ores. The main areas of risk for it ...