(11 May 2023)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Quito, Ecuador - 10 May 2023
1. Ecuador's Minister of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries Julio Prado accompanied by authorities before signing the free trade agreement with China
2. Various shots of Minister Julio Prado signing the free trade agreement with China
3. Prado showing the signed agreement to Wang Wentao, Minister of Commerce of China
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Julio Prado, Minister of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries of Ecuador:
"This trade agreement strengthens bilateral trade and investment, taking into account the interests of both countries. It expands opportunities for joint collaboration to achieve the sustainable development of our countries now and in the future."
5. Various shots of Prado handing the free trade agreement signed with China to the President of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso
6. Lasso with the Chinese Ambassador to Ecuador, Chen Guoyou, showing the signed free trade agreement
7. Chinese and Ecuadorian authorities posing for a photo
8. Lasso
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Guillermo Lasso, President of the Republic of Ecuador:
"This treaty will allow 99.6% of our exportable supply to enter this market with zero tariffs. Some immediately and others gradually. With this agreement, we will have this tariff benefit on more than 800 products."
10. Chinese Ambassador to Ecuador Chen Guoyou
11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Chen Guoyou, Chinese Ambassador to Ecuador:
"The signing of the free trade agreement between the two countries is not only an achievement of diplomacy between the two presidents, but also an important milestone in the development of bilateral relations."
12. Various shots of the ceremony
STORYLINE:
Ecuador signed a Free Trade Agreement with China, its leading non-oil trade partner, on Wednesday.
The South American country expects broad economic and employment generation benefits.
Ecuador's representatives, led by President Guillermo Lasso, signed this treaty requiring the approval of the country's Constitutional Court and the Assembly.
Among Ecuadorian products exported to the Chinese market are shrimp, bananas, cocoa, flowers, fish and minerals.
Machinery, and technological products such as cell phones, tools and vehicles, among others, are imported.
AP Video by Cesar Olmos
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