Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero on Monday, February 13, urged the Marcos government to consider coming up with a counter measure that will cushion the impact of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) before pressing for its ratification. The veteran legislator proposed that the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. thought that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) would be good for the country because of the increased trade it would bring to different member economies. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. talks to the media onboard...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Tan With the Senate’s decision on whether or not the Philippines should join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership in the news once again, members of the agriculture sector gathered to express their concern about its effects on the industry should the country...
Senator Nancy Binay on Thursday, February 9 said she sees nothing wrong with pushing for the ratification on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) but stressed the need to thoroughly scrutinize the trade agreement to allay the fears of the stakeholders that would be affected by the...
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri and Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda have vowed to pursue the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) even as they committed to ensure that the concerns of farmers on the world’s biggest free trade...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri believes there would be 16 votes or two thirds of the 24-member Senate to ratify the controversial Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement. Zubiri made this assessment after a sub-committee of the Senate foreign relations committee held a...
The Philippines, the second largest papaya exporter in ASEAN, is seen to lose its papaya exports market to Malaysia if the country fails to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which will abolish the 24 percent tariff on the exports of this tropical fruit. During the RCEP...
Senator Imee Marcos on Tuesday, February 7 said she cannot defend the Regional Comprehensive Economic Cooperation (RCEP) that Malacañang is pushing as this contradicts her stand on the matter. "My conscience is not clear to defend the controversial RCEP on the Senate floor as chairman of the...
Farmer groups maintain their opposition against the Regional Comprehensive Economic Cooperation (RCEP) as Senate resumes its deliberations Tuesday, Feb. 7, with the executive branch strongly pushing for the country’s participation in the mega trade deal. Already, top officials of the Department...
The Philippines should strengthen some fundamental concerns and address key constraints to arrest the country’s inability to capture trade and investment opportunities and compete with the rest of the ASEAN region, according to a senior World Bank economist. Jaime Frias, World Bank senior...
Malacanang has already given its go signal for the Senate to “concur” the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which failed to pass in the previous Senate during the Duterte administration on strong opposition from various farmer groups. Trade and Industry...
The Department of Trade and Industry has identified three priority legislative measures for immediate passage by Congress to support economic growth. These priority bills are the Senate confirmation on the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Omnibus Micro Small...
