commitments related to trade in goods. It seeks to BSBA-3A establish a single market and production base with a free flow of goods in the ASEAN region, a major component INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRADE of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). ATIGA covers tariff liberalization, trade facilitation initiatives, (IBT) simplification of rules of origin, and establishment of an ASEAN Trade Repository. Philippine foreign trade Policy Philippines – Japan Economic Partnership A. Philippines- Trade Agreement Agreement PJEPA is the Philippines' only bilateral free trade The Philippines and Japan entered into a free trade agreement, covering, among others, trade in agreement in 2008. PJEPA is the Philippines’ only goods, trade in services, investments, movement of bilateral free trade agreement, covering, among others, natural persons, intellectual property, customs trade in goods, trade in services, investments, movement procedures, improvement of the business environment, of natural persons, intellectual property, customs and government procurement. procedures, improvement of the business environment, and government procurement. B. Philippines Country Commercial Guide Philippines – European Free Trade Association Free Trade Agreements Trade Agreement the Philippines and EFTA members – Describes bilateral and multilateral trade agreements that Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland – signed this country is party to, including with the United States. a free trade agreement in 2016 which is expected to Includes websites and other resources where U.S. enter into force in 2018. The Philippines-EFTA covers companies can get more information on how to take trade in goods, trade in services, investment, advantage of these agreements. competition, intellectual property, government procurement, and trade and sustainable development. ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement The 2010 ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) consolidated all Common Effective Preferential