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Agreement name:	China - Ecuador
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Free Trade Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV
Date of signature:	10-May-2023	Date of notification:	12-Aug-2024
Date of entry into force:	01-May-2024	End of implementation period:	2043
Current signatories:	China; Ecuador
Original signatories:	China; Ecuador
RTA Composition:	Bilateral
Region:	East Asia; South America
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

China FTA Network
Ecuador, Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E S

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E S

Consideration status:	Awaiting data from the Parties

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG487

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification	WT/REG487/N/1	E F S

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 30/08/2024

Topics
	All quantitative import restrictions prohibited
	Rules of Origin (RoO)
		Change of Tariff Classification Criteria (CTC)
		Regional Value Content Criteria (RVC)
		De minimis rules
		Cumulation among Parties
	All Export restrictions, including quantitative restrictions, prohibited
	Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO SPS Agreement
		Transparency obligations (SPS)
	Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TBT Agreement
		Transparency obligations (TBT)
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Safeguard Agreement
		RTA-specific safeguard measures permitted in the transition period or shortly thereafter
	Balance-of-payments measures (Goods)
	Anti-Dumping measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Anti-Dumping
	Countervailing measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing measures


	Subsidies (Goods)
		Prohibition of agricultural export subsidies
	Other Investment Provisions
		Investment Promotion
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Political Settlement / Consultations only
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
		Choice of forum
		Exclusive use of forum chosen
	Competition
		Adopts or maintains competition law
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Competition)
	Environment
		No relaxation of environmental laws
	E-Commerce
		Consumer protection provisions
		Paperless trading or e-signatures
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (E-Commerce)
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Cooperation
		Exceptions/exemptions
		Transparency provisions