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                    [ArticleID] => 397832
                    [Title] => Japan open to compromise on FTA with Asean – Favila
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Japan is willing to compromise on the percent share of goods that should be given tariff reduction, a decision that has removed the major impediment on the creation of the ASEAN-Japan Free Trade Agreement (FTA).


"Japan agreed on the list of products, the kind of tariff reduction schedule and they will provide flexibilities on Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam," Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Peter B. Favila said.
[DatePublished] => 2007-05-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 300764 [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.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 300905 [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.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270296 [Title] => Displaced ‘Japayukis’ to be given retraining [Summary] => Overseas performing artists (OPAs) who will be displaced when Japan implements a stricter immigration policy on March 15 will get government’s help.

Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye has assured that OPAs who are displaced by Japan’s new immigration policy will be provided with retraining programs by the government.

Bunye said the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and its attached agencies will allocate portions of their respective budgets to help subsidize the cost of retraining OPAs who will need it to return to Japan.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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