Mexico complains about Ecuador's fishing

Published 2022년 9월 23일

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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador acknowledged a commercial dispute with Ecuador over the inclusion of Ecuadorian tuna, shrimp, and bananas in Mexico's Free Trade Agreement. The dispute stems from a disagreement over tuna fishing practices and the size of tuna caught in Ecuador. High-level talks are ongoing to address these issues, with Ecuador seeking to resolve these obstacles to join the Pacific Alliance. Meanwhile, the banana issue is related to protecting Mexican banana growers from competition.
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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador acknowledged yesterday, Thursday, September 22, that his country and Ecuador maintain a commercial disagreement regarding allowing Ecuadorian tuna, shrimp and bananas to enter his country through a Free Trade Agreement. Faced with these statements, the reaction of the Ministry of Production (Mipro) of Ecuador was to say that the dialogue continues. "In the coming days, high-level meetings will continue, both within the framework of bilateral negotiations and in the process of Ecuador's accession to the Pacific Alliance," the Ecuadorian entity told Diario EXPRESO. "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 causes it to no longer reach the Mexican Pacific, ”he explained in his daily press conference, according to EFE. ...
Source: Expreso

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