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                    [Title] => Joint Foreign Chambers urges government to pursue trade deals with EU, US
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                    [Title] => Joint Foreign Chambers: 'Leave PEZA alone'
                    [Summary] => The Joint Foreign Chambers of the Philippines expressed fears that the implementation of the second package of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law will further lead to the decline of the country’s exports as its implementation may lead to  drastic changes to the current operations of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority.
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                    [Title] => Joint Foreign Chambers pushes easing of restrictions for foreign investors
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                    [Title] => Foreign firms push retention of incentives package in Philippines
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                    [DatePublished] => 2018-03-06 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1805259
                    [AuthorName] => Richmond Mercurio
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