{"id":12788,"date":"2025-06-03T19:16:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T19:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/?p=12788"},"modified":"2025-06-03T19:16:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T19:16:47","slug":"canada-and-ecuador-working-on-legal-processes-to-bring-free-trade-agreement-into-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/axxessintl.com\/en\/canada-and-ecuador-working-on-legal-processes-to-bring-free-trade-agreement-into-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada and Ecuador working on legal processes to bring free trade agreement into force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canada&#8217;s Minister of International Trade, Maninder Sidhu, was in Quito, Ecuador to represent the Government of Canada in Quito at the inauguration of Ecuador&#8217;s President Daniel Noboa.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>While in Ecuador Minister Sidhu, Together with his counterpart Luis Jaramillo, Minister Foreign Trade issued a joint statement marking the successful conclusion earlier this year of negotiations for the Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement (FTA), with the goal of bringing it into force as soon as possible. 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