Brussels, 20/11/2009 (Agence Europe) - A study carried out by the Universal Access to Competitiveness and Trade (U-ACT) reflection group has concluded that the Philippines should rapidly begin negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union rather than wait for the EU and the 10 nations of the South East Asian bloc ASEAN, of which the Philippines is a member, to decide whether or not to pursue talks on a bloc-to-bloc FTA. Negotiations, which were opened in...