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(UPDATE) THE Philippines and China signed 14 bilateral agreements on Wednesday, including the establishment of a communication setup for settling maritime issues between the two countries. The agreements were signed after President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and Chinese President Xi Jinping had a bilateral meeting. Malacañang said in a statement that the first pacts called for a joint action plan for 2023-2025 on agricultural and fisheries cooperation between the Department of Agriculture (DA) and China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Launched in 2013 by...