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Farmers picket Japanese embassy over economic pact
28-Oct-2006 INQ7.net
About 20 Filipino farmers picketed outside the Japanese embassy Friday to protest the Japanese-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
Japan, Brunei to hold talks toward free trade agreement next week in Tokyo
28-Oct-2006 IHT
Japan and Brunei will hold talks next week in Tokyo toward a free trade agreement, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday.
JPEPA to encourage trade in hazardous and toxic waste
26-Oct-2006 Inside PCIJ
A summary of the current debate over the Philippine-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement by the Philippine Centre for Investigative Journalism.
DENR opposed waste dumping in trade deal but gave in to DTI
26-Oct-2006 PDI
The Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) tried but failed to stop the government from including toxic and hazardous wastes from the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), yielding to pressure.
Senate indignant, CBCP sad over ‘toxic’ accord
26-Oct-2006 PDI
Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, yesterday said he was saddened by the agreement that environmentalists fear would turn the Philippines into Japan’s dump for toxic wastes. Indignation was also voiced in the Senate and calls were made for an investigation of the Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
Bangkok is ready to ink Thai-Japan FTA : FM
25-Oct-2006 The Nation
Thai government is now ready to sign Thai-Japan Free Trade Agreement that has been concluded in the previous government, Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram said Wednesday.
Great leap in Japanese investment in Vietnam forecast
25-Oct-2006 VNEconomy
Vietnam and Japan have had an agreement on investment liberalisation and protection which works as the foundation for attracting and creating open environment for investment. The economic partnership agreement will further focus on trade: commodity trade, service trade and intellectual property protection.
RP-Japan accord ‘toxic’
25-Oct-2006 PDI
A new dump for toxic waste may soon open for Japan — and it has 7,100 islands. This is how concerned environmentalists see the likely effect of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) which President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and then Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi signed on Sept. 9 in Helsinki on the side of the Asia-Europe Meeting.
The Right to Information in International Trade Treaties
23-Oct-2006 jemy gatdula
The right of the people to information on matters of public concern is a fundamental right that has been enshrined in the Bill of Rights of the Philippine Constitution,and which has been held to be self-executory (i.e., not requiring enabling legislation) by the Supreme Court in a long line of cases.
Japan, Vietnam to launch EPA talks in January 2007
19-Oct-2006 Thanh Nien News
The Japanese government plans to launch talks with Vietnam in January 2007 on concluding a bilateral economic partnership agreement featuring a free trade agreement, government sources said Wednesday.
Japanese ’upset by delay in FTA’
18-Oct-2006 Bangkok Post
Japanese investors have voiced concern over the Thai government’s decision to postpone a signing of the Thai-Japanese free trade area (FTA) agreement, according to the Commerce Ministry.
Rio lobbies for Japan free trade
16-Oct-2006 AAP
Rio Tinto Australia managing director Charlie Lenegan told an Australia-Japan business conference in Sydney today the foundation for such a treaty had been laid over the past 50 years, since the signing of a Commerce Agreement between the pair in 1957.
Japan, Indonesia wrap up free trade negotiations
14-Oct-2006 IHT
Japan and Indonesia wrapped up four days of negotiations toward a possible free trade agreement, an official said Friday.
Japan, Indonesia to hold 6th round of free trade talks in Tokyo
7-Oct-2006
Japan and Indonesia will hold a sixth round of talks on a possible free trade agreement next week and work on a draft of the pact, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said Friday.
Japan-RP Economic Pact Brings Dubious Gain
7-Oct-2006 Bulatlat
After negotiating away from public scrutiny for four years, the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) was signed at the Asia-Europe Meeting in Helsinki, Finland on Sept. 10, 2006.
New government urged to go ahead with Thai-Japanese FTA negotiation
6-Oct-2006
A new government should go ahead with a negotiation for a signing of the Thai-Japanese free trade area agreement to boost bilateral trade and investment of both countries, according to a top private-sector executive.
Environmental Implications of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement
30-Sep-2006 jemy gatdula
Last September 9, 2006 in Finland, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Japanese Prime Minister Junihiro Koizumi signed the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), a bilateral preferential trade treaty between Japan and the Philippines that seeks to remove barriers to investments and the trade of goods and services between the two countries.
US Senator Baucus proposes US-EU-Japan services FTA
29-Sep-2006
US Sen. Max Baucus (D-Montana) on Thursday proposed that the United States, the European Union and Japan conclude a services free trade agreement.
Japan gets serious about trade deal
28-Sep-2006
When the idea of a free trade agreement with Japan was floated four years ago, there was not much enthusiasm in Tokyo.
Japan eyes launching FTA talks with India, Vietnam next year
28-Sep-2006
Japan wants to launch separate talks with India and Vietnam next year to develop bilateral free trade agreements, reflecting new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s push to expand such pacts through Asia, a news report said Thursday.