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During the recently concluded 30th Asean Summit, leaders from the member-nations of the Asean stressed the need to promote transparency of nontariff m..

The unclear nontariff measures (NTM) being implemented by Asean countries are more protectionist in nature and hike costs for exporters in the region,..

The recent controversy about rice importation is not about how much should be imported — in fact, there is no impending rice shortage—but ..

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been working toward the free movement of goods in the region. Although significant progress has..

Economic managers are pushing for rice importation by the private sector to temper rising prices of the Filipino staple food. “The stand of the ..

Slapping an import tariff of 35 percent on rice imports alongside reforms in the agency mandated to stabilize both the supply and prices of the Filipi..

IT all started with a despot. In 1972  former strongman Ferdinand E. Marcos signed Presidential Decree (PD) 4, creating the National Grains Autho..

THE PHILIPPINES’ temporary use of quantitative restrictions (QR) on rice was intended to avert a dampening of rice prices, but the threat of the..

Revenues from the proposed imposition of a 35 percent tariff on rice imports upon expiration of the quantitative restriction (QR) – seen to reac..

State-run think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) is pushing to slap a 35-percent tariff on rice while providing subsidies to f..

This 2017, the Philippines' quantitative restriction (QR) on rice, which allows the government to limit the volume of rice that could be imported each..

In 2017, the special treatment in rice granted to the Philippines that allows the country to maintain its import monopoly will expire. This lifting is..

Global value chains (GVCs) play an important role in creating a more inclusive global economy. The interconnected networks of production and services ..

Under the World Trade Organization, the Philippines has maintained special treatment for rice, which expires on July 2017. Tariffication will involve ..

The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) transforms the ASEAN region into a single market and production base by 2015. This promotes greater competition for..