FILE PHOTO - Peru's Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Eduardo Ferreyros gives a news conference in Lima, Peru, June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's trade minister defended China as a good trade partner on Tuesday, after U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned Latin American countries against excessive reliance on economic ties with the Asian powerhouse.
Eduardo Ferreyros said Peru's 2010 trade liberalization deal with China had allowed the Andean nation of about 30 million people to post a $2.74 billion (£2 billion) trade surplus with Beijing last year.
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