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The EU considers “ambitious” trade agreement with Ecuador

The European Union (EU) considered  “very ambitious”  signing the trade agreement with Ecuador, since it enssured it exists “important issues” to discuss on the table. According to a spokesman for the European Commission. “Only when these issue...
Posted On 11 Jun 2014
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CAN: Resolution 116 must be removed within 15 days

The Secretary of the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) gave 15 business days for the government to report on the uprising of Resolution 116 of the Foreign Trade Committee of Ecuador. The CAN completed research related to the regulation and called it a “restriction to...
Posted On 10 Jun 2014
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Trade agreement with the EU would benefit Ecuador with $ 300 million in exports

The trade agreement between Ecuador and the European Union (EU) would benefit the country of the Equatorial Line in exports over the two years of negotiation, increasing productivity from $ 200 to $ 300 million dollars. This, according to Felipe Rivadeneira, President of the...
Posted On 10 Jun 2014
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Central Bank plans to buy gold from local miners

The Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE for its Spanish acronym) is working on a strategy to buy gold to localminers. This, due to transaction of half of the gold reserves (13 tons), through Goldman Sachs. The objective of the plan is that the credit unions of the mining districts buy...
Posted On 10 Jun 2014
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Ecuadorian trade balance grows 170.4%

According to the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE for its Spanish acronym), Ecuador’s total exports in the first four months of 2014 exceeded imports by $ 212.5 million, compared with the same period of 2013, which represented an improvement of 170,4% in the trade balance of...
Posted On 10 Jun 2014
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Today begins dialogue that seeks trade agreement between Ecuador and the EU

Ecuadorian entrepreneurs expect that Ecuador sign a trade agreement with the European Union (EU) in the Third Round of Negotiations of a Multiparty Trade Agreement. The event will run from today to Friday 13 June in Brussels (Belgium). Europe is a major comercial destination....
Posted On 09 Jun 2014
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New reforms in the Mining Law seek to attract foreign investment

With a new reform of the Mining Law, the Ecuadorian Government seeks to expand its incomes to not depend on petroleum and taxes. The third source has been to turn to indebtedness, inside the country or abroad. The state issues bonds and the Institute of Ecuadorian Social Security...
Posted On 06 Jun 2014
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Public and private banks increased their assets by 10%, according to report

According to reports published by National Directorate of Studies and Information of the Superintendency of Banks and Insurance, public and private banks recorded a growth in its assets above 10%, during 2013. The increase figure for the public sector was 13.9% ($ 6,344.1...
Posted On 06 Jun 2014
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Amazonia Vive will march today in Quito

This Thursday the environmental group Amazonia Vive, which supports the government’s proposal to exploit the oil inside the ITT block of the Yasuni National Park, will march today from the El Arbolito park to the Carondelet Palace, to grant President Rafael Correa with all...
Posted On 05 Jun 2014
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The Central Bank of Ecuador assesses service fee for electronic money

The Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE for its Spanish acronym) is negotiating in these days the rates that will be applied to the users. Diego Martínez, President of the BCE, said that although he can not yet disclose the amounts of the fees, these will be much lower than those...
Posted On 05 Jun 2014
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