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    Intellectual Property Rights: The Deadlock in the EU-PH Free Trade Deal

    Casaclang, Rowell G. | December 2017
    Abstract
    On 11 December 2015, the Philippines launched negotiations on its free trade deal with the European Union (EU), some three years after the two parties signed the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA). In addition to being a prerequisite to FTA negotiations, the PCA functions as a general framework of relations between the two sides in the political, security, economic, and development spheres. The agreement, however, is yet to be ratified by the Philippine Senate. The Philippines is eager to forge a more binding agreement with EU, currently the world’s biggest trade bloc, for several reasons. The EU granted the Philippines the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) status in 2014, allowing it to export 6,274 eligible products to its market tax-free. A free trade deal with EU gives the Philippines permanent duty-free access to EU’s market on top of what GSP+ now offers and creates opportunities to attract bigger EU investments. The Philippines’ Department of Trade and Industry believes that a FTA with EU levels the playing field for the Philippines vis-à-vis other ASEAN economies that are also trying to close deals with that bloc. Singapore and Vietnam concluded negotiations with EU in 2014 and 2015, respectively.
    Citation
    Casaclang, Rowell G.. 2017. Intellectual Property Rights: The Deadlock in the EU-PH Free Trade Deal. © Foreign Service Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/7973.
    ISSN
    2423-2912 (Print)
    2423-2920 (Online)
    Keywords
    Government Policy
    Regional Organization
    Regional Plans
    Economic integration
    Regional Development Bank
    Preferential tariffs
    International negotiation
    Protectionist measures
    Access to markets
    Economic agreements
    International trade law
    Regional integration
    Trade relations
    Exports
    Economic integration
    Distribution
    Economic integration
    Development Bank
    Trade policy
    Regionalism
    Regional Economy
    Regional Trading Arrangements
    Regional Trade Integration
    Regional Economic Integration
    Regional Cooperation
    Interregional Cooperation
    Trade Disputes
    Trade Barriers
    Free Trade
    Trade
    Trade Agreements
    Intraregional Trade
    Regional economics
    Regional planning
    Regional disparities
    Interregionalism
    Regional economic disparities
    Regional economic blocs
    Industrial arbitration
    Euro
    Inflation
    Business
    Finance
    Free trade
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11540/7973
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