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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11459

23 December 2015
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) philippines
Negotiations to be launched for free trade agreement

Brussels, 22/12/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 22 December, European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström and Philippine Secretary of Trade and Industry Gregory Domingo agreed to start negotiations for an EU-Philippines free trade agreement. The first round of negotiations will be held in Manila in the first half of 2016.

The two parties hope to conclude an agreement covering a wide range of issues - including market access for goods and services, investment, access to public...