ISDS Case Map
Japan
Customs Commissioner Napoleon Morales said yesterday that even if it leads to a loss in revenue collection, the agency is ready to implement the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
The Supreme Court of the Philippines will include in its agenda for next week's en banc session the petition filed Thursday by a multisectoral group seeking the nullification of the implementation of the recently ratified Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
South Korea's Trade Ministry said Wednesday that South Korea and Japan will launch working-level meeting next week to seek the resumption of negotiation over free trade agreement (FTA).
A number of Japanese firms have expressed intention to move their businesses to the Philippines once the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement takes effect next month, an official said yesterday.
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe agreed Saturday to launch talks on a treaty to increase protection of their bilateral investments, a Japanese official said.
Peru and Japan signed an investment protection agreement that may clear the way for free-trade negotiations, the Andean nation's government said.
Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde called on Japan to start negotiations on a bilateral free-trade agreement when he met Thursday with his visiting Tokyo counterpart, Hirofumi Nakasone, officials said.
Dissects the process by which JPEPA was negotiated by the Philippine government
Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde said Tuesday the country is hoping to achieve a bilateral free-trade agreement with Japan by 2011. But he declined to specify when the country wants to launch negotiations.
The negotiations for the India-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) have gained momentum with the two sides moving towards a deal on allowing Indian companies that make low-cost drugs to sell in Japan.
