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The European Union and the Andean Community (Comunidad Andina de Naciones or CAN) have been working towards a bilateral trade and investment pact since 1993, when they first signed a Framework Cooperation Agreement. In Rome in 2003, ten years later, they signed a joint commitment to formally enter into an Association Agreement, “including a Free Trade Agreement (FTA).” This was reaffirmed at the highest political level in Guadalajara in 2004. In May 2006, both sides agreed to initiate the negotiating process as soon as possible. The Andean Community is composed of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. (Venezuela withdrew in 2006.)

In April 2007, the EU adopted its negotiating mandate for the process. The draft is available

Quito: FTA with the EU would take effect in 2016
16-Dec-2014     FIS
Ecuador and the European Union (EU) predict that the free trade agreement (FTA) that they have just signed in the Belgian capital, whose negotiation had ended in June, will take effect in 2016.
Document reveals EU bullied Ecuador into trade agreement
10-Oct-2014     TeleSur
A ​document leaked today shows that Ecuador's government was threatened with isolation and a devastating loss to its trade if it didn't return to the negotiating table for the EU-Andean Trade agreement.
EU and Ecuador publish text of trade agreement
24-Sep-2014     European Commission
The EU and Ecuador are publishing the documents of their new Association Agreement, which will see Ecuador joining the EU’s existing accord with Colombia and Peru.
Government ‘ignoring’ plea not to sign EU-Colombia trade deal
16-Sep-2014     Irish Examiner
Aid agencies and human rights groups want Ireland to stall on signing the EU free trade agreement with Colombia which they say will put that country’s oppressed agricultural communities in peril and undermine its fragile peace process.
The UK-Colombia Bilateral Investment Treaty
1-Aug-2014     ABColombia
The UK-Colombia Bilateral Investment Treaty that was ratified by the House of Commons on 10 July 2014 poses grave risks to the achievement of human rights and the successful implementation of agreements currently being made in the peace dialogues between the FARC guerrilla and the Colombian Government in Havana.
Ecuador and EU reach a long-delayed trade deal
24-Jul-2014     EU Bulletin
The European Union finally reached a trade agreement with the world’s number one banana exporter, Ecuador.
UK investment treaty with Colombia 'threatens fragile peace process'
9-Jul-2014     The Guardian
Human rights groups say agreement to protect British investors empowers multinational firms and endangers land reform
Correa: Ecuador will not sign a FTA with the EU
22-Jan-2014     Prensa Latina
We have resumed the negotiations, but we will not sign an FTA with the EU, but a trade agreement, Correa stressed Tuesday during a press conference in the south-western port city of Guayaquil.
Ecuador-EU to negotiate trade agreement
6-Jan-2014     Prensa Latina
Ecuador and the European Union will hold their first round of negotiations on a Multipart Trade Agreement from January 13 to 17 in Brussels, announced an official source.
Ecuador: In search of EU trade agreement
15-Nov-2013     PanAm Post
Last Friday, from Paris, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa expressed his hopes for a conclusion to the long-awaited trade agreement in the first quarter of next year.