Commentary

Time to Punish Ecuador’s Stock in Trade

By Quin Hillyer
Wednesday, July 11 2012

For years, now, I have been arguing that Ecuador’s horrendous maltreatment of the California-based Chevron Corp. merited not just victories for Chevron in courts of law and the court of public opinion, but also a change in U.S. trade policy vis-à-vis that nation’s left-wing regime. As far back as 2008, members of Congress of both parties raised the same suggestion. Finally, at least some parts of the U.S. executive branch are considering these issues. Good. It’s about time. Before getting into the trade-related development, a brief recap is in order. In 1998…

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