The recently-implemented Indonesia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (IJEPA) promised increased exports to Japan. But as the IJEPA went into effect in July, Indonesian Industry Minister Fahmi Idris said that Indonesia’s main exports, such as agricultural products and timber, will continue to face high non-tariff barriers in the form of quality standards, while Japanese high-tech imports will…
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JPEPA Highlights Gov’t Insensitivity to Nurses
Apologists for the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) continue to claim that the treaty’s ratification will mean more employment and foreign remittances for Filipinos. But JPEPA highlights the Philippine government’s insensitivity to nurses and caregivers. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 12, April 27-May 3, 2008 Apologists for the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership…
14 Activists Swim Manila Bay vs JPEPA
Fourteen activists swam 10 kms across the Manila Bay, from Baccor, Cavite to Pasay City (near the Senate of the Philippines), on April 28 to dramatize their opposition to the controversial Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA). BY GERRY ALBERT CORPUZ Contributed to Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 12, April 27-May 3, 2008 Fourteen activists swam 10…
Activists, Envi Advocates Stage ‘Swim Protest’ vs JPEPA
BY JANESS ANN ELLAO Bulatlat April 21, 2008 – 2:14 p.m. At 10:30 a.m. this morning , activists and environmental advocates belonging to the No Deal! JPEPA Movement Against Unequal Economic Agreement staged a “swim protest” at the Manila Bay, near the Senate Office in Pasay City, to urge the senators to junk the Japan-Philippines…