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                    [Title] => JPEPA negotiations remain at a standstill
                    [Summary] => Negotiations for the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) are again at a standstill, as the Philippines awaits Japan’s response to the former’s final position on the  remaining unresolved provisions of the agreement.


Senior Trade Undersecretary and Philippine chief negotiator Thomas  Aquino, said talks remain frozen  as Japan studies the Philippines’ revised position on the thorny automotive sector provision.


The Philippines "has submitted its position to Japan and it is now up to them to respond," Aquino said.


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                    [Title] => Favila expects to sign JPEPA by November
                    [Summary] => Trade and Industry Secretary Peter B. Favila is hoping to be able to sign the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) by November as both countries are now close to settling on earlier contentious issues.


There had earlier been fears that the conclusion of the JPEPA would be delayed to next year as the Philippine government sought  better terms or at least similar to those  granted by Japan last September to Thailand.


The JPEPA talks, in fact, had been suspended for some time and only resumed about three weeks ago.


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                    [Title] => Japan cool on trade pact with Asean
                    [Summary] => There is a growing feeling among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that Japan is no longer keen on pursuing an ASEAN-Japan Free Trade Agreement.


Instead, ASEAN members have noticed that  Japan is more actively negotiating bilateral FTAs with select ASEAN countries such as Thailand and the Philippines.


Thailand and Japan have already reached an agreement in principle on a Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement (JTEPA), while the Philippines and Japan are also slowly inching toward an agreement.


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                    [Title] => Japan cool on trade pact with Asean
                    [Summary] => There is a growing feeling among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that Japan is no longer keen on pursuing an ASEAN-Japan Free Trade Agreement.


Instead, ASEAN members have noticed that  Japan is more actively negotiating bilateral FTAs with select ASEAN countries such as Thailand and the Philippines.


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                    [Title] => Local car firms seek Japan assurance on CKD imports
                    [Summary] => Local automakers have asked Philippine negotiators in the ongoing Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) talks to ensure that Japan would ensure that Japanese automotive manufacturers would continue to assemble completely-knocked down (CKD) models in the Philippines.


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                    [Title] => RP-Japan trade talks resume next wk
                    [Summary] => Talks on the stalled Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) will resume next week, with the sooner-than-expected return of the Japanese to the negotiating table.


The talks are expected to focus on the contentious issues of automotive tariffs, investment treatment, services, trade in goods and waste provisions concerning used appliances.


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                    [Title] => Ford urges RP to renegotiate automotive tariffs under JPEPA
                    [Summary] => Ford Motor Co. is urging the government to renegotiate automotive tariffs under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) so that it does not adversely affect local automotive production in the Philippines.


This was disclosed yesterday by Trade and Industry Secretary Peter B. Favila upon his return from New York where he accompanied President Arroyo in a series of meetings with American businessmen and investors.


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                    [Title] => Conclusion of RP-Japan trade talks to be delayed — DTI official
                    [Summary] => Conclusion of the Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) will definitely be delayed as the government has formally informed Japan that it will seek no less than the same  terms granted by Japan just this month to Thailand in the ongoing bilateral trade talks.


This was confirmed yesterday by Trade Undersecretary Thomas G. Aquino before he left for China.


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Senior Trade Undersecretary and Philippine chief negotiator Thomas  Aquino, said talks remain frozen  as Japan studies the Philippines’ revised position on the thorny automotive sector provision.


The Philippines "has submitted its position to Japan and it is now up to them to respond," Aquino said.


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There had earlier been fears that the conclusion of the JPEPA would be delayed to next year as the Philippine government sought  better terms or at least similar to those  granted by Japan last September to Thailand.


The JPEPA talks, in fact, had been suspended for some time and only resumed about three weeks ago.


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This was disclosed yesterday by Trade and Industry Secretary Peter B. Favila upon his return from New York where he accompanied President Arroyo in a series of meetings with American businessmen and investors.


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