Relationship dossier
Australia
Peru
Relationship assessment
A cooperative relationship anchored in free trade and wider Pacific trade agreements
Australia toward Peru
+40Australia negotiated and implemented the Australia–Peru Free Trade Agreement, which entered into force in 2020, establishing a framework for trade and investment with Peru. Australia also participates with Peru in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Peru toward Australia
+40Peru negotiated and implemented the Australia–Peru Free Trade Agreement, which entered into force in 2020, establishing a framework for trade and investment with Australia. Peru also participates with Australia in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Overall relationship
+40The bilateral free trade agreement provides a durable, government-backed structure for economic cooperation, complemented by both countries’ participation in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. These arrangements underpin a cooperative relationship, although its wider strategic and diplomatic dimensions are less clearly characterized.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Australia and Peru maintain a cooperative economic relationship shaped by the bilateral free trade agreement, in force since 2020, and their participation in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. These frameworks provide structured cooperation on trade and investment. The relationship is principally supported by economic arrangements; its broader scope and recent government-to-government activity are less clear.
Key developments
Australia and Peru signed a bilateral free trade agreement.
The Australia–Peru Free Trade Agreement entered into force.
Major uncertainties
- The extent of bilateral cooperation beyond trade and investment is unclear.
- The implementation and practical effects of the bilateral free trade agreement across its different provisions are not fully clear.