Ecuador will not attend the meeting of the Pacific Alliance without having the agreement with Mexico

Ecuador is invited to the meeting of the Pacific Alliance, but it would not attend if there is no progress in the dialogue with Mexico to sign a Free Trade Agreement where shrimp, tuna and bananas have tariff benefits. "The next summit of the Pacific Alliance will be in November. There is a unanimous vote of the countries to invite Ecuador as a full member to that summit, however, if we do not have the bilateral agreement with Mexico before November, we will not attend." said Juan Carlos Holguín, foreign minister of Ecuador, in an interview with Teleamazonas. He emphasized that it does not imply pressure on any country, it is not about reaching an agreement without thoroughly analyzing each point. Holguín stressed that he talks frequently with the Mexican authorities and there is constant collaboration on the part of Mexico, therefore an agreement is expected to be reached before November. He specified that there is a pre-agreement on bananas and tuna and that it is possible that ...