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DTI to push for PJEPA review
Philippine Trade Secretary Ma. Cristina Roque will visit Japan in late May to push for a review of the Philippine-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (PJEPA).
The PJEPA, the Philippines' first bilateral free trade agreement which entered into force in 2008, aims to address issues such as increasing exports of certain agricultural products to Japan.
While a review meeting was conducted in 2019, not much progress has been made on the agreement.
Trade Undersecretary Allan Gepty noted that the PJEPA could be expanded to include provisions on sustainable development, environment, MSMEs, e-commerce, and circular economy, which are absent in the current agreement.
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