The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has lifted the Philippines from the 2014 Special 301 Watch List or the intellectual property rights watch list.

USTR announced Monday evening (Manila time), the same day US President Barack Obama had his first state visit in the Philippines, that it removed the country as Watch List in the Special 301 Report for this year.

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