Tratado de Libre Comercio con la Unión Europea: Un Análisis desde el régimen jurí­dico de soberaní­a alimentaria en Ecuador

Abstract

The following article analyzes the content of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Ecuador and the European Union, contrasting it with the rules that are part of the Ecuadorian legal regime of food sovereignty, in order to determine the impacts of the FTA on the laws and food policies of the country. Moreover, this article assesses the constitutional obligations of the State respect the intern alimentary development in the context of the international food commerce.

KEY WORDS: Free Trade Agreement, food sovereignty, development, commerce

JEL CODE: L81, Q18