Japan–Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (original) (raw)

The Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (日本・フィリピン経済連携協定) or in (Filipino: Kasunduang Pangkabuhayan ng Hapon at Pilipinas) or commonly known as JPEPA is an economic partnership agreement concerning bilateral investment and free trade agreement between Japan and the Philippines. It was signed in Helsinki, Finland on September 9, 2006, by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. It is the first bilateral trade treaty which the Philippines has entered since the Parity Right Agreement of 1946 with the United States. This treaty consists of 16 Chapters and 165 Articles, with 8 Annexes.