On 26 January 2016, officials from Ecuador and the Republic of Korea held the first round of negotiations towards a Strategic Agreement on Economic Cooperation. On December 1, 2017 Ecuador's Viceminister of Trade announced that his country and Korea will resume trade negotiations. On March 2, 2022 Ecuador and Korea agreed to restart the temporarily halted Korea-Ecuador Strategic Economic Complementation Agreement (SECA) negotiations.

On July 11, 2022, in Seoul, South Korea, began the sixth round of negotiation of the Strategic Economic Cooperation Agreement (SECA), which was carried out in a hybrid way with face-to-face sessions and virtual.

On October 7, 2022, the seventh round of negotiations of the Strategic Economic Complementation Agreement (SECA) between Ecuador and Korea ended, the chief negotiators of both countries announced the closure of three new tables regarding: competition, trade facilitation, and technical barriers to trade.The eighth round of negotiations took place in Quito, Ecuado on November 21-25, 2022.

Documents relating to the negotiations
21-25 November 2022	Eighth round of negotiations on the Strategic Economic Cooperation Agreement
07 October 2022	Ecuador and South Korea hold seventh round of negotiations on the Strategic Economic Cooperation Agreement
12 July 2022	Ecuador and South Korea hold a round of negotiations on the Strategic Economic Cooperation Agreement
02 March 2022	Ecuador and Korea restart negotiations
01 December 2017	Ecuador and Korea to resume trade negotiations
26 January 2016	Quito, Ecuador. Korea and Ecuador hold first round of negotiations towards a Strategic Agreement on Economic Cooperation
Source: Agencia de Noticias del Ecuador y Sudamérica (ANDES); Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Ecuador; Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Korea

• Agencia de Noticias del Ecuador y Sudamérica (ANDES)
• Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Ecuador
• Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Korea