As of the Trans-Pacific Economic Cooperation Agreement (TPP), the doors of the eleven member countries of this alliance are open to Peru. One of these markets is New Zealand, the Oceanian power in which the agricultural, wood and technological industries have reached great development.
Universidad del Pacífico International Business program received Fletcher Tabuteau, Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand, in the keynote speech "New Zealand and Peru: A History of collaboration", where the relationship between the two countries and the opportunities that the TPP brings were analyzed.
"New Zealand and Peru are two nations that, beyond meeting on the football fields, can complement each other, cooperate, generate synergies, and focus on achieving greater well-being," said Elsa del Castillo, President of UP, who welcomed the attendees.
She stressed that Peruvian exports today account for only 0.07% of New Zealand's imports and New Zealand's exports, 0.14% of Peruvian imports. She highlighted the alliances of Universidad del Pacífico with important universities such as TEC de Monterrey (Mexico), Uniandes (Colombia) and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile to carry out research to analyze the evolution of the Pacific Alliance.
Óscar Malca, Rosario Santa Gadea, Fletcher Tabuteau, Elsa Del Castillo, Jacqui Caine and Martha Chávez
Meanwhile, Fletcher Tabuteau, highlighted the historic collaboration between the two countries. "Peru and New Zealand share common values and interests such as democracy, development and respect for Human Rights, and the search for an inclusive approach. We have worked bilaterally in organizations for a long time and recently in the TPP".
He added that this relationship "is also integrated into the challenge of educating the next generation. We have received 100 young people in the country for an exchange scholarship and we hope to make this number bigger in the coming years". Today, according to Tabuteau, New Zealand provides young people from the countries of the region with formative aid through scholarships for studies and research, especially in innovative topics such as agricultural development, renewable energy, and disaster control.
Fletcher Tabuteau, Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand
For Tabuteau it is clear that there are more opportunities for trade; however, he explains that the important thing is not only to make money, but to positively impact small and medium-sized enterprises, and even empower women along the way.
"The TPP is not going to increase trade automatically, it's about working together and understanding the differences between market demands to find opportunities," he said.
The event was attended by authorities from Universidad del Pacífico, such as Elsa Del Castillo, President of UP; Martha Chávez, Dean of UP School of Business, Rosario Santa Gadea, Director of the UP Center for China and Asia-Pacific Studies, as well as Jacqui Caine, Ambassador of New Zealand in Chile.