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Sep 12, 2006

Trade dept says JPEPA a boon to RP competitiveness, but industries balk

Rafael S. Santos
Manila Times

THE recently inked Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) would boost local trade and hike economic competitiveness, Trade department said, but local industries appear unconvinced.

?Benefits from the JPEPA will accrue to almost all sectors of the economy,? Trade Secretary Peter Favila asserted.

The Philippines and Japan signed the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Sunday in Helsinki, Finland, the result of four years…

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