Peru

THE BROAD VIEW

The global e-commerce playbook is being rewritten in emerging markets

2026-07-10T23:00:00.000Z
Chancay port is operated by Chinese-owned Cosco Shipping Ports, which was designed to cut shipping times between Latin America and Asia.

Peru court restores state oversight over China’s Cosco mega-port in win for US

2026-07-02T23:47:31.000Z
The new Chinese-funded Chancay megaport in Peru exemplifies China's strategic infrastructure approach in Latin America.

US-China rivalry in Latin America: a race for influence

2026-01-12T03:47:36.000Z
China is Peru’s top trading partner and the main buyer of its No 1 export, copper, while Peruvians buy all sorts of Chinese goods, from textiles to electronics to cars.

Shipping giants race to speed up China-Peru trade with new route

2025-11-19T23:10:08.000Z
The call for projects operationalises an implementation agreement signed by the two nations on Apr 1. 

Singapore, Peru open applications for projects to generate carbon credits

2025-10-24T08:18:11.000Z
Regardless of US tariffs, Peru is already in the midst of opening new trade routes with Asia, thanks in part to the new US$1.3 billion Chinese-owned Chancay port.

Peru expects Asia to replace the US as top buyer of its blueberries

2025-08-18T22:44:41.000Z
It is now extinct, but its teeth once spanned up to 8.9 cm in length, while adults could grow to nearly seven metres in length – the size of a small boat.

Great white shark’s nine-million-year-old ancestor found in Peru

2025-01-21T04:49:03.000Z
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend an inauguration event for the Chancay mega-port at the Government Palace in Lima.

Xi inaugurates South America's first Chinese-funded port in Peru

2024-11-15T08:33:51.000Z
Cosco Shipping Ports owns and will operate the port with a 60 per cent stake, with the remaining 40 per cent held by Peruvian miner Volcan, which is controlled by Glencore.

Peru’s Chinese-built mega port to soft launch in late November with Shanghai route

2024-10-19T02:40:00.000Z
Fujimori’s health deteriorated rapidly after completing treatment for tongue cancer in August.
OBITUARY

Peru’s ex-president Alberto Fujimori dies at 86

2024-09-12T07:04:42.000Z