WhereDaily News: Ecuador's Minister of International Trade: Chicago and Illinois Businesses Are Key to Ecuador's Economic Growth; Praises Their Growing Relationships
CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwired - Oct 10, 2013) - Ecuador's Minister of International Trade, Francisco Rivadeneira, visited Chicago yesterday for meetings with key government and business leaders from Chicago and Illinois. In meetings with Deputy Mayor Steven Koch; Daniel Goff, Director of the Illinois Office of Trade and Investment; Cortez Carter, Managing Deputy Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Aviation, and leaders from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Rivadeneira outlined a number of business initiatives that are being finalized between Ecuador and Chicago and the State of Illinois, including a sister city relationship between Quito and Chicago and a "sister airport" relationship between Chicago O'Hare and Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito.