A look into the legal questions in the Japan Philippine economic partnership agreement (JPEPA) regarding Japan access to Philippines natural resources: Does the JPEPA provisions on private land ownership and deep-sea fishing obey the foreign equity rules under the Philippine laws?

• Main Authors: Lao, Kyle Anthony B., Santos, Jovan Angelica J.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2008
• Subjects: Commercial Law
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/17739
• Institution: De La Salle University

The increase in competition among the developing countries causes the need for more foreign investors. Thus Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has decided to enter into a bilateral preferential trade treaty with Japan Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi called the Japan Philippine Economic Pa...