Press Release: EU and the Philippines launch negotiations for a free trade agreement

On 22 December 2015 European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and Philippine Secretary of Trade and Industry Gregory Domingo agreed to start negotiations for an EU-Philippines free trade agreement (FTA). The first round of negotiations was expected to take place in the first half of 2016 in the Philippines.

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European Council: Press Release, 16.11.2015: EU-Philippines free trade agreement: Negotiations to start http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-eu-philippines-free-trade-agreement-negotiations-to-start/

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