EU and Philippines Reach Substantial Free-Trade Agreement

  • Ursula von der Leyen and Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. reached a free-trade agreement.
  • The European Union described the agreement with the Philippines as substantial.
  • Von der Leyen visited the Philippines three years earlier to relaunch negotiations.

The European Union and the Philippines reached what the EU described as a substantial free-trade agreement, according to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Von der Leyen said she reached the agreement with Philippines President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday. The development follows her visit to the Southeast Asian country three years earlier to relaunch negotiations, as geopolitical shocks and tariffs increase pressure to diversify trade relationships.

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