Trade agreements - Matches

Manila is sending a mission to Washington later this month to begin preliminary talks on the US-Philippines free-trade agreement (FTA) that was discus..

President Duterte, taking cue from complaints aired by US President Donald J. Trump that Japanese-made vehicles are being assessed tariff rates consid..

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a regional free trade agreement (FTA) initiated by the United States (US) and is presently being negotiated amo..

With overlapping, multiple free trade agreements (FTAs), such as the case of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the various ASEAN+..

The Philippines has been more cautious in its policy toward free trade agreements (FTAs) than other ASEAN member-states, having signed, so far, only o..

In drawing up the negotiating stance of the Philippines in light of the Philippines-European Union (PH-EU) free trade agreement (FTA), it is important..

The ASEAN+6 countries are currently engaged in negotiation for a Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). If successfully negotiated, RCEP ..

The Philippines-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (PJEPA), which is considered a "new age" free trade agreement (FTA), is the first and, so far, th..

The focus of the Bureau of Customs should be on trade facilitation and the modernization of customs administration, instead of its revenue collection ..

The Bureau of Internal Revenue’s tax collections for the year is expected to exceed its P1.239 trillion target by more than P7 billion, this accord..

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is looking at Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a region-wide free trade agreemen..

To prepare the country for the upcoming Asean Economic Community (AEC) in 2015, the Philippines needs to improve its domestic conditions, upgrade its ..

Critical growth constraints, such as "inadequate infrastructure” and a "small industrial and manufacturing base” may hinder the country from fully..

The East Asian region has taken center stage in global economic growth and dynamism in recent decades. While deeper economic integration has been both..

Recognizing how regional cooperation has become crucial for the region`s mutual and sustained growth, political leaders in East Asia are now looking t..