Concluding Remarks by the Chairperson of the Trade Policy Review Body, H.E. Mr. Eloi Laourou of Benin, at the Trade Policy Review of Ecuador, 5 and 7 March 2019

This third Trade Policy Review has allowed us to deepen our understanding of Ecuador’s trade and investment policies, in particular in regard to the reforms and changes introduced since the last Review in 2011. I would like to thank the Ecuadorian delegation headed by Mr. Diego Caicedo, Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade, for its engagement throughout this exercise. I would also like to thank our discussant, Ambassador Eduardo Sperisen-Yurt, Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the WTO, for his remarks, which set an important basis for this Review, as well as the 33 delegations which took the floor.