PHILIPPINE trade agreements with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), the United States (US), and the European Union (EU) are attracting Japanese manufacturers to build factories in the country.

Preferential trade deals are enticing Japanese businesses to set up shop in the Philippines so they can take advantage of such agreement, Trade Secretary Adrian Cristobal Jr. said Monday.

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