The Philippines and the EU explore the relaunch of negotiations of a bilateral FTA
During a joint press conference with President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos in Manila, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen an-nounced on 31.07.2023 their intention to explore the relaunch of the negotia-tions of a free trade agreement (FTA) after six years.
The partners will shortly begin the scoping process to assess to which extent they share a mutual understanding on an FTA. If this process concludes suc-cessfully, and after consultations with the Member States, the EU and the Phil-ippines would be in the position to resume FTA negotiations.
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