Free trade 2010??

[chyll2]

yung Free trade ba yan eh yung JPEPA?

anyway, sana makita rin natin yung disadvantages (even though beneficial talaga para sa mga mahilig sa imported MC, esp. those coming from Japan)

eto nagsearch muna ako ng article at binasa

The Japan-Philippines EPA—a comprehensive trade and investment agreement—grants Japanese the right to establish investments in sectors like public utilities, education, mass media and advertising, in violation of constitutional limits on foreign ownership in these sectors, argue the Philippine NGOs.
Under the Philippine constitution, foreigners are restricted to a 40% ownership stake in public utilities and education, 30% for advertising, and no foreign ownership of mass media is allowed.

The NGOs also maintain that the JPEPA liberalizes land ownership, in violation of the strict limits currently in place. Only Filipino citizens and corporations with at least 60% Filipino-owned capital may acquire private lands.

Although the Philippines exempts national treatment for the establishment of investments in private land ownership for manufacturing and services, it does not exclude other subsectors, such as real estate development, residential purchases and agribusiness ventures. As a result, the NGOs argue that “if a Japanese corporation wishes to own private lands in the Philippines for its real estate projects and/or agribusiness, it may do so ...”.

maraming nagrereact dahil sa sariling interest, kaso meron rin naman nagreareact sa issue kasi meron ngang mali.

para sa greater good at di sa ikabubuti lang natin kasi may mura tayong motor


@S13
imo, ini-import yan dito satin kasi meron may gusto, for example yung mga tinapon na TV dun, eh since gumagana naman at in-good condition, meron mga tao na gusto na lang ibenta dito satin.

i think ganun rin sa MC.