‘Agricultural goods are protected under RCEP’

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/03/06/agricultural-goods-are-protected-under-rcep/

During the Feb. 7 hearing on the newly established Subcommittee on RCEP under the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the coalition delivered a message to the Senate, a policy-setting and oversight institution.

Source: https://mb.com.ph/2023/02/19/agri-coalition-seeks-ironclad-commitments/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=agri-coalition-seeks-ironclad-commitments

For the Philippines, RCEP enhances regional trade and provides more comprehensive market access, among other benefits.

Source: https://business.inquirer.net/398578/mapping-the-investment-ecosystem-mining-the-sweet-spots

Here are the three critical RCEP conditionalities recommended by the agriculture sector, and specified in the RCEP ratification, that have not been addressed.

Source: https://business.inquirer.net/400451/rcep-from-hope-to-despair

Here are the three critical RCEP conditionalities recommended by the agriculture sector, and specified in the RCEP ratification, that have not been addressed.

Source: https://business.inquirer.net/400451/rcep-from-hope-to-despair

In January, agricultural groups opposed through a statement the country’s ratification of RCEP as they feared an influx of imported produce into the country.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/06/19/with-rcep-agri-needs-fund-boost/

MANILA, Philippines — President “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has approved a proposed Executive Order (EO) operationalizing the Philippines’ tariff commitments under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP).

Source: https://business.inquirer.net/396767/marcos-oks-eo-operationalizing-phs-tariff-commitments-under-rcep

RCEP’s members include the East Asian dragons (China, Japan and South Korea), the countries down under (Australia and New Zealand), and the nine Asean members (with the Philippines, the 10th Asean member, still awaiting Senate ratification of RCEP).

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/02/17/chinas-illegal-police-stations-in-the-world/

The Department of Trade and Industry expects the RCEP to generate a 10.47-percent increase in the country’s exports and a 2.02-percent increase in real gross domestic product.

Source: https://balita.com/protect-agri-sector-amid-push-for-rcep-ratification-solon/

The main drivers, he said, are the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL).

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/05/08/mb-member-sees-good-agriculture-yield-in-h1/

The RCEP started taking effect in the various jurisdictions on January 1. Participants include the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Australia, China, Japan, South Korea, and New Zealand.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/01/17/rcep-the-worlds-largest-free-trade-zone-commemorates-first-year-anniversary/

With the proposed ratification of RCEP despite the clear absence of a survival and competitiveness program for the real sectors of the economy, it is not difficult to imagine what will happen.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/02/17/the-philippines-as-ukay-ukay-republic/