Ecuador and China signed a free trade agreement (FTA) whereby the South American country will have access to a market of 1.4 billion people, it was reported in Quito on Wednesday. It was the second such pact signed under the administration of President Guillermo Lasso, following the one reached with Costa Rica.
After a steady growth since 2018, shrimp has taken over as Ecuador s second-most exported item behind oil, thus toppling bananas from a notch they had held for quite a while, it was reported in Quito.
In televised remarks, President Guillermo Lasso said Leonidas Iza, leader of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities, intends to overthrow the government.