Mexican fishermen must be defended in the negotiation of a commercial agreement with Ecuador

Published 2022년 9월 22일

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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has acknowledged that disputes in the tuna, shrimp, and banana sectors are hindering the completion of a free trade agreement with Ecuador, a necessary step for Ecuador to join the Pacific Alliance. The tuna dispute stems from Mexican tuna vessels being prevented from growing and caught by Ecuadorian vessels at a small size, and the banana dispute is due to Mexican efforts to protect banana growers from Tabasco and Chiapas. Negotiations between Mexico and Ecuador on shrimp, bananas, and now tuna have been ongoing since May, but no agreement has been reached due to these disputes and concerns from Mexican fishermen and industries.

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The Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, acknowledged this Thursday, September 22, that there are disagreements in the tuna, shrimp and banana sectors that prevent the completion of the free trade agreement with Ecuador, key for the South American country to enter the Pacific Alliance . "In the case of shrimp and tuna, we have not yet reached an agreement with Ecuador because the tuna is developed from Peru, and there is a complaint from Mexican tuna vessels that they do not allow it to grow and they catch it at five kilos in Ecuador and that this means that it no longer reaches the Mexican Pacific," he said in his daily press conference, according to the EFE news agency. Since he took office in 2021, for the president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, it is a priority to finalize a trade agreement with Mexico, since it is the requirement that is missing to become a full member of the Pacific Alliance, Chile's trade bloc, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, which would also ...

Source: Expreso