On January 3, 2023, it was announced that, after 4 rounds of negotiation and dozens of technical meetings, the teams from China and Ecuador successfully closed, at a technical level, the negotiation process for the Ecuador-China Free Trade Agreement.
This agreement focuses on the reduction of tariffs that allow access to markets and also includes various disciplines such as rules of origin, improvement of customs procedures and trade facilitation, trade defense, protocols for sanitary and phytosanitary measures, reduction of technical barriers to trade. , cooperation for investment, promotion of electronic commerce, competition, transparency, dispute settlement and economic cooperation.
| Documents relating to the negotiations |
| 03 January 2023 |
Teams from China and Ecuador successfully closed, at a technical level, the negotiation process of the Ecuador-China Free Trade Agreement    |
| July 18-28, 2022 |
First round of trade negotiations between Ecuador and China |
| 08 February 2022 |
China and Ecuador Officially Launch Free Trade Agreement Negotiations |
| Sources:
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca, Ecuador; Ministry of Commerce, People's Republic of China |
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