The United States and Ecuador have agreed to establish a fair trade working group and explore potential negotiations on labor, environment, and digital trade, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai's office said on Tuesday.
Tai met Ecuador's commerce minister Julio Jose Prado in Washington on Friday where they also agreed to hold a new meeting of their Trade and Investment Council in the first half of 2023 to review developments.
The talks represent a potential expansion of a U.S.-Ecuador protocol on trade rules and transparency signed in December 2020 by Tai's predecessor, Robert Lighthizer.
