Ecuador

José

Cabascango

Trade Commissioner

Trade office of Ecuador in Los Angeles
Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investments and Fisheries

jcabascango@produccion.gob.ec

Biography

Several Master Degrees carried out in Ecuadorian and foreign universities in international relations, business administration, SME management, territorial planning and regional development. Managerial experience in public and private institutions related to social matters, planning, promotion of commercial competitiveness and exports. Participation in projects with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), on topics related to productive development and integral development plans with a commercial emphasis.

In the private sector, since a very young age, he has worked as an independent entrepreneur, managing commercial relationships with U.S. and European countries.

During 2012 and July 2018, he served as Trade Commissioner of the Trade Office of Ecuador in Spain known as Pro Ecuador which is part of the Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investments and Fisheries, achieving in this period to diversify the presence of Ecuadorian products, substantially increasing the level of imports, as well as, improving the level of investments of Spanish companies towards Ecuador. As of August 1st, of 2018, he accepted the position of Ecuador’s Trade Commissioner in Chicago and then since August 1st, 2020 as Trade Commissioner of Ecuador in los Angeles Office.

Areas of Interest

Economic Development
Entrepreneurship
Business creation
Smart cities
Trade and investment promotion

Offer:

Our three trade offices in the US promote the export supply of goods and services from Ecuador to the US and attracts investment and tourism to Ecuador.

Among the services we offer are:

Provide market information needed to export products and services to the US

Organization of business missions, conferences, match making events, workshops, tasting events, investment and tourism presentations.

Contact importers with Ecuadorian exporters.

Participation in trade and investment events and fairs in the US.

Assistance to Ecuadorian exporters and to US importers and investor

Ask:

Trade and investment opportunities, economic development partnerships, a competitiveness agenda, innovation policy, R&D collaborative projects, technology transfer initiative, institutional cooperation