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Conflicts of interest and sovereignty at stake: The Ecuador-Canada FTA
2-Apr-2025 CEPR
Ecuador’s free trade agreement with Canada presents a glaring conflict of interest for President Noboa, whose family, one of Ecuador’s wealthiest, has a sizable financial stake in a Canada-based mining company.
The climate impact of the EU trade agreement with Colombia, Peru and Ecuador
31-Mar-2025 Power Shift
Instead of supporting sustainable development, the agreement has primarily facilitated trade in environmentally harmful goods, and has also failed to introduce effective mechanisms to address sustainability challenges.
Canada-Ecuador free trade agreement threatens Indigenous rights and territories in the Amazon
21-Mar-2025 The Conversation
Canada and Ecuador’s new free-trade agreement is threatening the rights of Indigenous peoples and their territories, and increasing social and environmental conflicts across the country.
Ecuador pitches US military base and free trade deal to Trump allies, sources say
17-Mar-2025 Reuters
Ecuadorean officials have told allies of U.S. President Donald Trump that they are interested in hosting a US military base in the South American country and in inking a free trade deal with the US.
The rights of nature become a rallying point against an ascendant mining industry
7-Mar-2025 Inside Climate News
Communities and ecosystems across the globe face heavy environmental damage from intensifying mining operations. A people’s tribunal probed the Canadian mining industry’s impact on the natural world and the people defending it.
The new Canada-Ecuador trade deal pushes anti-democratic trade policy
27-Feb-2025 CCPA
Amidst all the chaos brought on by Trump’s tariff threats, Canada’s federal trade minister celebrated a minor win this month: the finalization of a trade agreement with Ecuador.
Good for mining but bad for democracy? Why Indigenous groups in Ecuador oppose free trade deal with Canada
17-Feb-2025 CBC
Ecuador’s largest Indigenous organization is vowing to fight a now-concluded free trade agreement with Canada, warning it could encourage human rights abuses in the ecologically and culturally diverse South American country.
Noboa announces trade agreement between Ecuador and Canada
3-Feb-2025 Prensa Latina
The President of Ecuador announced that after months of negotiations his country has finally reached a trade agreement with Canada, although he did not give a date for its signing and entry into force.
Labour unions express concerns about proposed free trade agreement with Ecuador
20-Oct-2024 United Steelworkers
We are writing on behalf of Canadian unions that are deeply concerned about the current negotiations for a free trade agreement with Ecuador.
EU-Andean Countries: Council greenlights the conclusion of the trade agreement with Colombia, Peru and Ecuador
15-Oct-2024 European Council
The Council has adopted a decision to conclude the trade agreement between the European Union and its member states, on one hand, and Colombia and Peru, on the other, as well as a decision to conclude the protocol concerning Ecuador’s accession to this agreement.
Indigenous women from Ecuador bring concerns on mining abuses, free trade to Parliament Hill
4-Oct-2024 CBC
Delegation to meet with federal leaders in Ottawa amid talks on proposed free trade deal.
Ecuadorian rights defenders
2-Oct-2024 TIRP
Women leaders engaged in dangerous efforts to protect rights and the environment in Ecuador will visit Canada next week to speak out against trade talks aimed at expanding and attracting Canadian investment in resource extraction projects in ecologically vulnerable regions.
bilaterals.org podcast: NAFTA’s 30th anniversary
9-May-2024 bilaterals.org
Special edition on the 30th anniversary of the North American Free Trade Agreement that came into force in 1994 and inspired many free trade agreements that were subsequently signed around the world.
Victories in the global movement against corporate globalization
3-May-2024 Public Citizen
For half a century, the ISDS system has allowed multinational corporations to run off with billions of taxpayers dollars while allowing them to undermine environmental standards, public health protections, financial regulations, and other sound policies throughout the world.
China-Ecuador free trade agreement effective from May 1: MOFCOM
2-May-2024 Ecns.cn
The free trade agreement (FTA) between China and Ecuador will be effective from May 1, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said on Monday, aiming to further unleash the potential of trade and investment cooperation between the two countries.
Human rights organizations sound alarm as Canada-Ecuador trade talks get underway
1-May-2024 Mining Watch
Surging violence surrounding Canadian mining projects in Ecuador should raise red flags for the Canadian government as it commences trade talks with the Ecuadorian government.
China-Ecuador free trade agreement to take effect on May 1
30-Apr-2024 Xinhua
The free trade agreement between China and Ecuador will go into effect on May 1 as both countries have completed respective domestic approval processes.
Why people of Ecuador were right to keep the corporate courts out
29-Apr-2024 Common Dreams
In a referendum, Ecuador voted to keep its constitutional ban on using international arbitration and investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms.
Ecuador said “no” to international arbitration: a sovereign decision with international resonance in the fight against ISDS
24-Apr-2024
April 21st has been a historic day. The Ecuadorian people voted massively NO in the referendum question about whether Ecuador should return to arbitration.
Canada pushes for more mining in Ecuador despite resistance
22-Apr-2024 The Maple
The Canadian and Ecuadorian governments continue to forge ahead with free trade agreement plans, despite opposition from social movements and Indigenous Peoples within Ecuador, along with rampant instability.