[2] Since June 2024, Switzerland serves as the protecting power representing Ecuador's interests in Mexico and vice versa.

[8][9] In response, President López Obrador instructed the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs to sever diplomatic relations with Ecuador.

[14] Ecuador's main exports to Mexico include: cocoa beans, palm oil, copper ores and their concentrates, electric motor parts and medicines.

Mexico's main exports to Ecuador include: medicine, monitors and projectors, motor cars and vehicles, tubes and pipes, and food based products.

[14] Mexican multinational companies such as América Móvil, Cemex, FEMSA, Grupo Bimbo, Mabe, Orbia and OXXO (among others) operate in Ecuador.