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Free trade agreement between the Philippines and the EU: preferential origin, business opportunities and sustainability
EU Commission on 22 September 2026 annouced that “the EU and the Philippines reached substantial agreement in their negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), envisaged to deepen economic ties between the EU and another strategic, fast-growing partner in Southeast Asia”: the substantial agreement has been reached. Now we are waiting for the ultimate free trade agreement and its bilateral ratification. The key words of this substantial agreement whose negotiations, however, need to be finalized, are: Trade facilitations and preferential origin; Protection of intellectual property rights; Sustainability; Energy and raw materials. To support the economic operators, we would share the main points of the relevant customs rules laid down by…
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EU Parliament, circular economy and import export flow
On 25.04.2023 the EU Parliament published a short report about the circular economy where it is stated that: “…The circular economy is a model of production and consumption, which involves sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling existing materials and products as long as possible. In this way, the life cycle of products is extended…”. Moreoever, this report, about the need of reduction of raw material dependence, hilights that The world’s population is growing and with it the demand for raw materials. However, the supply of crucial raw materials is limited; Finite supplies also means some EU countries are dependent on other countries for their raw materials. According to Eurostat,…