I-European Union kunye neePhilippines zibhengeze izicwangciso zokuqalisa iingxoxo zesivumelwano sokurhweba ngokukhululekileyo, ngokutsho koshicilelo oluphuma kwiKhomishini yaseYurophu ngoJulayi 31, 2023. Oku kubonisa umzamo ohlaziyiweyo wokuqinisa ubudlelwane bezoqoqosho kunye nezopolitiko phakathi kwe-Indo-strategic-Indo- Amaqabane asePacific.
Ngokwengxelo edibeneyo, i-EU kunye nePhilippines ziya kuqalisa "inkqubo yokuhlola" yamazwe amabini ukuvavanya ukuba babelana ngombono ofanayo we-FTA ebanzi. Ukuba uphumelele, kwaye emva kokubonisana namazwe angamalungu e-EU, uthethathethwano olusesikweni lunokuphinda luqalise emva kokunqunyanyiswa ukusukela ngo-2017.
"IiPhilippines liqabane eliphambili kuthi kwingingqi ye-Indo-Pacific, kwaye ngokusungulwa kwale nkqubo ye-scoping sivula indlela yokuthatha ubambiswano lwethu ukuya kwinqanaba elilandelayo," utshilo uMongameli weKhomishini yaseYurophu. Ursula von der Leyen.
Iingcali zithi inyathelo lihambelana ne-EU's 2021 Indo-Pacific Strategy kunye nokukhula kugxilwe ekugxininiseni ubudlelwane borhwebo kwi-Asia-mpuma ye-Asia, i-hub yezoqoqosho ekhula ngokukhawuleza. Oku kulandela ukuqaliswa ngokutsha kweengxoxo zeFTA phakathi kwe-EU neThailand kulo nyaka.
Ngokutsho kwedatha ye-2021, i-EU-Philippines ukurhweba kwimpahla kuphelele kwi-18.4 yeebhiliyoni zeebhiliyoni, ngelixa urhwebo kwiinkonzo lufikelela kwi-4.7 yeebhiliyoni zeedola. I-EU ibekwe njenge Philippines '4th iqabane elikhulu zorhwebo, kunye Philippines yaba EU's 7th iqabane elikhulu zorhwebo kummandla ASEAN.
I-FTA ecetywayo kusenokwenzeka ukuba ibandakanye imiqobo yorhwebo ecuthiweyo, iinkqubo ezilungelelanisiweyo zesithethe, ukhuseleko lwepropathi enomgangatho ophezulu wokuqonda, imilinganiselo yophuhliso oluzinzileyo, kunye nokuzibophelela kwemozulu.
Ngobuncwane bayo obuninzi beeminerali ezibalulekileyo, ecaleni kotyalo-mali kumandla ahlaziyekayo, abahlalutyi bathi iPhilippines ibonelela ngamathuba acwangcisiweyo kwiinkampani ze-EU kunye namanyathelo okuzinza njengenxalenye yenguqu eluhlaza.
Ngelixa imiqobo isekhona, ukuqalisa ngokutsha uthethathethwano lwe-EU-Philippines FTA luphawu lomnqweno ofanayo wokumanyanisa uqoqosho olusondeleyo kunye nolungelelwaniso lobuchule phakathi kwamahlakani exesha elide.
