The Philippines and the European Union (EU) are expected to soon start the "scoping process" of the extent of their free trade agreement (FTA) as the two sides agreed on Monday to resume negotiations on the said deal. According to EU, Manila and the 27-member regional bloc "will shortly kick off"...
European businessmen believe that the stream of foreign direct investments (FDI) and trade into the Philippines will increase substantially in the coming months and years following increased momentum in interest from EU countries and the brighter prospects for a free trade deal between the two...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is confident that the historic visit of European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen to the Philippines would positively impact the country's economy. *PH-EU TIES — President Marcos and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen...
The European Union (EU) is planning to bring solutions to the Philippines’ perennial problem of slow and unreliable internet connection by launching a “digital economy package” to bring “fast and reliable connectivity.” (From left) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and...
Underscoring the need for a free and open Indo-Pacific region, the president of the European Commission (EC) expressed the European Union’s (EU) intention to step up its maritime cooperation with the Philippines amid security threats in the South China Sea. (From left) European Commission...
The 27-member European Union (EU) will support the Philippines' fight against climate change by contributing about half-a-billion-euros in initiatives that will provide its beneficiaries, including the Philippine government the expertise and access to its technologies. The regional bloc's move was...
The Philippines and the European Union (EU) have signed a bilateral agreement on the Joint Declaration of the Green Economy Program, which aims to support the Philippines in its path to a "sustainable future." *GREEN ECONOMY — President Marcos and European Commission (EC) President Ursula von...
The Philippines and the European Union (EU) will resume talks on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA)—a deal seen to bolster economic ties between the two sides—as EU chief Ursula von der Leyen made an historic visit to the country to "accelerate" areas of cooperation between Manila and the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said his bilateral meeting with European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen was successful and productive and hoped that this would be the start of a deeper relationship between the Philippines and the European Union (EU). *PH-EU TIES —...
Foreign agencies and embassies announced humanitarian aid through monetary and food packs to communities affected by Super Typhoon “Egay“ (international name Doksuri) which battered Northern Luzon after it made landfall early last week. Super Typhoon "Egay" triggers a landslide in Baguio City....
The visit of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to Manila next week will tackle trade, investment, green economy, digitalization, and security, among others, that aim to bolster the commission’s decades-long relationship with the Philippines. European Commission chief Ursula von...
The president of the European Commission, a body that shapes the European Union's (EU's) overall strategy, is set to visit the Philippines next week, as the regional bloc promotes its strategic ties with the countries in the Indo-Pacific. EU chief Ursula von der Leyen will be in the country from...
