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                    [Title] => US sets condition for retention of RP garment quota
                    [Summary] => The Philippines is optimistic that the US will agree to allow the country to continue availing of the six-percent carry-over on garments quota allocation for this year provided that the government agrees to return to the negotiating table on the stalled World Trade Organization (WTO) talks and begin discussion on some of the so-called Singapore Ministerial Conference (SMC) issues.

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This was indicated recently by US Trade Representative Robert Zoelick to Trade and Industry Secretary Cesar V. Purisima.

Zoelick had recently met with trade ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to encourage them to restart the stalled World Trade Orgaization (WTO) negotiations.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 198343 [Title] => RP to press for more US GSP concessions [Summary] => The Philippines will press the US for more trade concessions under the US Generalized Systems of Preferences (GSP), continued garment quota allocations and removal from the intellectual property right (IPR) watchlist during President Arroyo’s visit to the US in April.

Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II said the April visit of President Arroyo to the US will give the Philippines an opportunity to seek more trade concessions under the US GSP system.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 185362 [Title] => US changes in Andean trade pact to benefit RP tuna exports [Summary] => Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II said over the weekend that the amendments made by the US government in the Andean Trade Preferential Expansion Act (ATPEA) would benefit the Philippines’ tuna exports to the US.

The ATPEA allowed exports of pouched tuna from several South American countries to enter the US market duty free.
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TRADE REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT ZOELICK
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                    [Title] => US sets condition for retention of RP garment quota
                    [Summary] => The Philippines is optimistic that the US will agree to allow the country to continue availing of the six-percent carry-over on garments quota allocation for this year provided that the government agrees to return to the negotiating table on the stalled World Trade Organization (WTO) talks and begin discussion on some of the so-called Singapore Ministerial Conference (SMC) issues.

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This was indicated recently by US Trade Representative Robert Zoelick to Trade and Industry Secretary Cesar V. Purisima.

Zoelick had recently met with trade ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to encourage them to restart the stalled World Trade Orgaization (WTO) negotiations.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 198343 [Title] => RP to press for more US GSP concessions [Summary] => The Philippines will press the US for more trade concessions under the US Generalized Systems of Preferences (GSP), continued garment quota allocations and removal from the intellectual property right (IPR) watchlist during President Arroyo’s visit to the US in April.

Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II said the April visit of President Arroyo to the US will give the Philippines an opportunity to seek more trade concessions under the US GSP system.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 185362 [Title] => US changes in Andean trade pact to benefit RP tuna exports [Summary] => Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II said over the weekend that the amendments made by the US government in the Andean Trade Preferential Expansion Act (ATPEA) would benefit the Philippines’ tuna exports to the US.

The ATPEA allowed exports of pouched tuna from several South American countries to enter the US market duty free.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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