Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p>Talks began in 2015 under then Philippine President <a href="https://noc.social/tags/BenignoAquino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenignoAquino</span></a> but stalled two years later under his successor <a href="https://noc.social/tags/RodrigoDuterte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RodrigoDuterte</span></a>, whose deadly <a href="https://noc.social/tags/DrugWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrugWar</span></a> strained diplomatic relations with the West and sparked an international probe.</p><p><a href="https://noc.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> and <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philippines</span></a> relaunch <a href="https://noc.social/tags/FreeTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeTrade</span></a> talks<br><a href="https://business.inquirer.net/450932/eu-and-philippines-relaunch-free-trade-talks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">business.inquirer.net/450932/e</span><span class="invisible">u-and-philippines-relaunch-free-trade-talks</span></a></p><p>MSN link: <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/other/eu-and-philippines-relaunch-free-trade-talks/ar-BB1k6eB7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-ph/news/other/eu-an</span><span class="invisible">d-philippines-relaunch-free-trade-talks/ar-BB1k6eB7</span></a></p>