On November 24, 2022, at the Pacific Alliance Summit in Mexico, the Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development of Canada and the Minister of Production, Foreign Trade, Investments and Fisheries of Ecuador launched exploratory talks toward a potential free trade agreement between Canada and Ecuador.

The 1st round of negotiations of the Trade Agreement between Ecuador and Canada took place virtually from April 29 to May 8, 2024. In this first meeting, the negotiating teams exchanged bilateral proposals for the texts of 20 disciplines that were included in the 28 chapters that this new generation agreement will contain.

The Second Round of Negotiations for the signing of a Trade Agreement between Ecuador and Canada took place virtually from June 10 to 18, 2024.

Documents related to the negotiations
10-18 June 2024	Second Round of Negotiations for the signing of a Trade Agreement
29 April – 08 May 2024	1st Round of negotiations with Canada for the signing of a Trade Agreement officially concludes
20 March 2024	Canada's objectives for negotiations for a Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement
24 November 2022	Launching of exploratory talks between Canada and Ecuador
Source: Government of Canada; Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca, Ecuador

• Government of Canada
• Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca, Ecuador