Peruvian Rebuttal On Forestry Audits Calls Oversight Into Question

The Peruvian government is fighting back against claims that it has not fully complied with the environmental provisions of the U.S.-Peru free trade agreement, but an English-language document it released this month as part of this campaign in fact shows that Lima as of mid-2014 had still not fully implemented 10 of its 29 obligations under the deal's forestry annex. The document, a detailed compliance matrix dated June 2014 but circulated to reporters on Sept. 1, listed the implementation status...