Ecuador eying trade deal with Eurasian Economic Commission in 2019

Quito, Jul 20 (EFE) (Camera: Juan Francisco Chávez).- Ecuador is optimistic it can reach a trade deal with the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) in the first half of 2019, the Andean nation's foreign trade minister said Tuesday after meeting with his counterpart from that economic union.
Ecuador's Pablo Campana and the EEC's trade minister, Veronika Nikishina, took part in Quito in an initial meeting of the Joint Committee on Economic and Commercial Cooperation between Ecuador and the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).