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Ambassador Manuel A.J. Teehankee, the Philippines’ permanent representative to the WTO in Geneva, Switzerland, expressed optimism about a forward movement in the Hong Kong  WTO negotiation compared to the last ministerial meeting in Cancun, Mexico which was deemed as a failure because of the widely divergent positions of developed and developing countries.

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                    [Summary] => The Philippines’s position in the forthcoming World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Hong Kong next month remains consistent with its earlier position in the Cancun meeting in 2003, according to Senior Trade Undersecretary Thomas Aquino.


Specifically, on the non-agricultural market access (NAMA) issue, Aquino stressed, the Philippines is still against any further moves to reduce tariffs.


The Philippine position in 2003 had, and continues to be, not to trade away its tariffs.


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                    [Title] => US softens stand on trade issues — Purisima
                    [Summary] => The US has agreed to back down on linking the resolution of agriculture issues with the so-called Singapore Ministerial Conference (SMC) issues.


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.


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                    [Title] => RP won’t ease invesment policies, says Purisima
                    [Summary] => The Philippines won’t ease its investment and government  procurement policies unless government resolves legal and constitutional restrictions first.


This was conveyed recently by Trade and Industry Secretary Cesar V. Purisima to European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy during a meeting in Indonesia last month.


Purisima said the issue of liberalizing investment and government procurement policies is not a trade issue for the Philippines but a legal one.


Under the Philippine Constitution, Purisima said, there are stipulated foreign ownership levels.

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Specifically, on the non-agricultural market access (NAMA) issue, Aquino stressed, the Philippines is still against any further moves to reduce tariffs.


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RP panel confident WTO meet in HK will be productive

By Marianne V. Go | December 5, 2005 - 12:00am

Philippine negotiators to the forthcoming Sixth WorldTrade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong from Dec. 13 to 18 are optimistic that some progress will be achieved towards a balanced trade agreement. Ambassador...

Business

RP won’t agree to further tariff cuts in next month’s WTO talks

By Marianne V. Go | November 28, 2005 - 12:00am

The Philippines’s position in the forthcoming World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Hong Kong next month remains consistent with its earlier position in the Cancun meeting in 2003, according to Senior Trade...

Business

US sets condition for retention of RP garment quota

March 1, 2004 - 12:00am

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...

Business

US softens stand on trade issues — Purisima

By Marianne V. Go | February 26, 2004 - 12:00am

The US has agreed to back down on linking the resolution of agriculture issues with the so-called Singapore Ministerial Conference (SMC) issues. This was indicated recently by US Trade Representative Robert Zoelick...

Business

RP won’t ease invesment policies, says Purisima

By Marianne V. Go | February 7, 2004 - 12:00am

The Philippines won’t ease its investment and government procurement policies unless government resolves legal and constitutional restrictions first. This was conveyed recently by Trade and Industry Secretary...

Business

DTI bucks liberalization of investment policies

By Marianne V. Go | September 21, 2003 - 12:00am

Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II will continue to resist the move of some countries to link the resolution of agriculture issues with the so-called Singapore Ministerial Conference (SMC).

Business