ISDS Case Map
Philippines
The Philippines wants an agreement to allow free fishing in disputed waters of the South China Sea
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's team has begun a high-profile public relations blitz to urge the Senate to ratify a free-trade pact with Japan.
What the Japanese government and its transnational fishing clients are really after are the Philippines' precious tunas.
JPEPA is said to harbor “highly anomalous" arrangements, one of which is reducing the Philippines government to an insurance company for Japanese investors
The World Bank has dismissed the claim for compensation from the Philippine government over the Naia Terminal 3 project of Germany's Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide (Fraport)
“In my view, the JPEPA is an atrocious treaty,” exclaimed international law expert and former Dean of the UP College of Law, Dean Merlin Magallona, one of the invited speakers at a roundtable discussion at the Philippine Senate today, which provided the venue for impacted sectors to share their findings on the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
We call on all freedom-loving Filipinos not to allow yet another surrender of our country to Japan. Reject the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement!
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.
An official from the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs admitted that given the country's record of extrajudicial killings, the negotiating team is seriously concerned about whether the Philippines may qualify for a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with EU, a requisite for the country taking part in the EU-ASEAN free trade agreement.
The Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) is up for ratification by the Philippine Senate. However, there are socio-environmental and equity issues on fisheries trade and investments that demand answers or solutions from policymakers of both countries.
