EU-ASEAN FTA: Mandates and the PCA Golda S. Benjamin IDEALS, Inc. +63 436 5470 [email protected].

EU-ASEAN FTA:Mandates and the PCA

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A Few Terms

Global Europe Strategy

Partnership and Cooperation Agreements

Sustainability Impact Assessments

Global Europe: Competing in the World

• More liberalised markets

• Harmonised policies and regional integration

• Educated labor in developing countries for EU multinationals

• Upmarket manufactured products


• Liberalized public procurement market

• EU has 3 of the world’s largest construction firms

• 6 of 10 largest telco companies

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• Increasing permanence of EU companies in developing countries

• Minimum: 50% + 1 foreign equity

• No performance requirements esp on hiring of nationals

• Deeper investment commitments


• Deeper services liberalisation

– information and communication technologies – tourism– financial services– energy– transportation– mining– cultural cooperation – logistics

– business services (inc. professional services)– healthcare – construction and infrastructure – courier services


Partnership and Cooperation Agreement

Mandate PCA FTA

PCA Principles

Human rights

Continuous political dialogue

Democracy

Recognition of labour rights and conditions

What now?

EU-ASEAN FTA: Mandates and the PCA Golda S. Benjamin IDEALS, Inc. +63 436 5470 [email protected].

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