Our Dignity is not for Sale

ECUADOR - Report 23 Jul 2013 by Magdalena Barreiro

Executive Summary Though Ecuador decided it wasn’t in its best interest to provide political asylum for fugitive American intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, the damage to Ecuador’s trade relations with the United States has been done. Fifteen products, or 17% of Ecuador’s non-oil exports, will be affected by the removal of the APTDEA pact, with roses, tuna, and broccoli to suffer the most.The Ecuadorian government is now hastily proposing a law that would offer about $24 million in tax benefits, to replace lost trade preferences from the unlikely-to-be-renewed trade promotion and drug ...

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