Peru President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said a transcontinental railway proposed by China to slash the costs of shipping Brazilian goods to Asia could be too expensive and environmentally harmful to build. Peru and China agreed to study the feasibility of a 5,300-kilometer (3,293-mile) railroad to link Brazil's Atlantic coast with a port on Peru's Pacific shores last year during the term of Kuczynski's predecessor, Ollanta Humala. Kuczynski, who took office in July, said in an interview with local broadcaster RPP from Beijing that he flagged his concerns about the potential project with China's main railway builder during an official visit to the Asian powerhouse.
