Ecuador's accession protocol to the multipartite free trade agreement between the EU and the countries of the Andean Community (Colombia and Peru) entered into force provisionally on Sunday 1 January.
Concluded in July 2014 (see EUROPE 11125), signed on 11 November 2016 (see EUROPE 11666) and ratified by the European Parliament on 14 December (see EUROPE 11689), the free trade agreement between the EU and Ecuador provides for the removal of customs duties on all industrial and fisheries...