El Salvador is a party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

Some companies have expressed concerns about Salvadoran Government agencies not providing sufficient advance notice to foster wide participation in bidding procedures or public-private partnership projects.

El Salvador is not a party to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA), nor does it have observer status.

Art. 39C of Decree No. 868 states that the entities of the Public Administration and Municipalities must acquire or contract from national micro and small companies at least 25% of the annual budget allocated for acquisitions and contracting of goods and services, provided that they guarantee the quality of such goods and services. Moreover, if there are equal evaluations, the national offer must be preferred.

El Salvador is a signatory of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA) of 1996, but is not a signatory of its 2015 expansion (ITA II).

Ecuador has adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Commerce.

Ecuador has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Signatures.

Ecuador has not signed the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts.

The Electronic Commerce, Electronic Signatures and Data Messages Law and the Organic Law on Consumer Defense provide a comprehensive framework for consumer protection that also applies to online transactions. Arts. 36-39 of the former, provides information about administrative entities of regulation, authorization, and registration. Arts. 41-42 establish the bout sanctions for illegal activities of merchants. And Arts. 48-50 clarifies consumers' right, including the consent to the acceptance to data messages and the protection for consumers' information. In addition, the Organic Law on Consumer defense also provides additional safeguards for consumer protection online.

According to Art. 415 of Company Law, foreign companies must appoint at least one representative to carry out all legal acts and businesses that are destined to take effect in the national territory. This representative must be able to answer the demands and comply with the obligations. In addition, they must constitute in Ecuador a capital destined for the activity to be developed.

Following Art. 3 of Comex Resolutions 005-2021, Ecuador's de minimis threshold, which is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties, increased to 400 USD and 4kg. However, this applies only to non-commercial postal shipments, while it is reported that express shipments pay 42 USD import tax per shipment - regardless of value.

It is reported that in 2018, the local regulator Telecommunication Regulation and Control Agency (ARCOTEL) expressed interest in conducting in-country testing and homologation certification, with the goal of becoming the exclusive homologation lab for Ecuador, which means all manufacturers need to have their products certified in Ecuador, and certifications from internationally recognized homologation labs would no longer be recognized. However, according to Art. 17 of the Regulation for approval and certification of telecommunications terminal equipment, the homologation of terminal equipment issued by other countries may be recognized by ARCOTEL, as long as there are cooperation or mutual recognition agreements. The following products require ARCOTEL’s approval: terminals for Advanced Mobile Service (SMA); terminals for the Carrier Service (P); terminals for the Fixed Telephone Service (STF); terminals for the Telecommunications Satellite Service (TTS); terminals for Internet Access (AI); terminals for the Trunked Service (T); terminals for Community Service (C).

According to Art. 98 of the Organic Law on Telecommunications, all the advertising that is disseminated in Ecuadorian territory through the media must be produced in Ecuadorian territory by Ecuadorian natural persons or foreigners residing in Ecuador, or produced abroad by Ecuadorian persons residing abroad or foreign legal entities whose ownership of the majority of the share package corresponds to Ecuadorians and whose payroll for its realization and production is made up of at least 80% of Ecuadorian nationals. In addition, the importation of advertising pieces produced outside the country by foreign companies is prohibited, with the exception of what is established regarding foreign legal entities with a majority of shares owned by Ecuadorians. According to the same article, advertising production is understood as television and movie commercials, radio spots, photographs for static advertising, or any other audiovisual piece used for advertising purposes.

According to Art. 5 of Telecommunications and value added services subscriber regulation, the registration of cell phones and SIM cards using national ID is mandatory.