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China
Chinese President Hu Jintao met with Peruvian President Alan Garcia on Friday and the two agreed to launch bilateral free trade area (FTA) negotiations.
Aside from the controversial ZTE deal, the Philippine government has entered into at least 31 other “questionable" investment agreements with corporations in China, Akbayan party-list Rep. Ana Theresia Hontiveros said. "Like JPEPA, no one has seen the content of the deals and the government is refusing to divulge their details to the public."
The Philippines wants an agreement to allow free fishing in disputed waters of the South China Sea
Concluding a FIPA with China is one of the Canadian government's top priorities. However, negotiations have dragged on due to significant differences between Canada's Model FIPA and the standard Chinese approach.
Southeast Asian economic ministers will finalise a blueprint for economic cooperation in the region and push free trade deals with six dialogue partners at a weekend meeting in Manila
China has expressed interest in Islamic banking and the development of industrial zones in Pakistan during the second round of China-Pakistan negotiations on FTA in Services chapter
Philippine trade deals with Japan and China, which President Gloria Arroyo recently urged Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members to act on, will further weaken the country's already damaged domestic economy.
The RP-China agricultural agreement, for example, provides China with the capability to produce food using Philippine territorial lands and waters.This would inevitably mean massive displacement of peasants from their lands, and the crops to be planted are not for Filipino consumption but for export to China.
China will likely conclude the free trade agreement (FTA) with ASEAN first before sealing a similar deal with Singapore, said Chinese Ambassador to Singapore, Zhang Xiaokang.
Southeast Asia must ratify free trade deals with China and South Korea and make progress on a similar accord with Japan, as the region prepares its own free-trade zone, the Philippine government said Monday.
