date:Dec 12, 2012
head of their ratification, EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht told BBC Scotland the agreements were very significant.
This is, together, a very big trade and political move for the European Union and the countries concerned, he said.
These are very interesting markets for Scotch whisky. For Peru the trade will be immediately liberalised so the tariffs will immediately disappear.
For Colombia there will be a transitional period for 10 years, whereby you gradually diminish the tariffs, and f