This paper aims at providing, from a sustainable development perspective, an idea about the direction our country will take once the US-Peru FTA is enforced, regarding particularly the environmental, trade and investment areas. The signing of the FTA has led Peru to leave behind a view of the environment vision as a moral and ethical (some times marginal) component of economic relations, to turn it into a regulatory and mandatory consideration overlapping trade and investment to such an extent that failure to comply may lead to sanctions as severe as those pertaining to other matters related to for instance access to or permanence in a given market. Even so, it is worthwhile mentioning that the FTA is only an initial component of a more complex and broad multilateral scenario that recognizes in the environment an essential element of international economic relations.

This paper aims at providing, from a sustainable development perspective, an idea about the direction our country will take once the US-Peru FTA is enforced, regarding particularly the environmental, trade and investment areas. The signing of the FTA has led Peru to leave behind a view of the environment vision as a moral and ethical (some times marginal) component of economic relations, to turn it into a regulatory and mandatory consideration overlapping trade and investment to such an extent that failure to comply may lead to sanctions as severe as those pertaining to other matters related to for instance access to or permanence in a given market. Even so, it is worthwhile mentioning that the FTA is only an initial component of a more complex and broad multilateral scenario that recognizes in the environment an essential element of international economic relations.

¿Cómo pueden las comunidades deprimidas ubicadas en zonas directas de influencia de grandes empresas (como las compañías mineras) aprovechar productivamente los recursos que obtienen por esta proximidad, además de sus propios recursos? Este libro presenta una propuesta teórico-conceptual para realizar negocios que se basa en el establecimiento de alianzas estratégicas con la gran empresa, los productores comuneros de dichas áreas, el sector académico y los centros de investigación para poner en valor y potenciar las producciones locales. Este modelo de emprendimiento se denomina "simbiótico" justamente porque propicia la asociación de estos actores para el beneficio común. En particular, analiza el caso real de la Comunidad de Huaripampa, ubicada en la zona de influencia de la Compañía Minera Antamina, y la crianza del cuy orientada al mercado como alternativa de desarroll...