+ Follow RICE WATCH AND ACTION NETWORK Tag
RICE WATCH AND ACTION NETWORK
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[ArticleID] => 834214
[Title] => Gov't urged to review rules on rice imports
[Summary] => Non-government organization Rice Watch and Action Network (R1) is proposing that the government revise its rules on the importation of rice by the private sector to facilitate closer monitoring of the entry of rice into the country.
[DatePublished] => 2012-08-03 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 502575
[Title] => Department of Agriculture vows sufficient protection for agri sector in WTO meet
[Summary] => Agriculture Undersecretary Bernie Fondevilla assured yesterday that the government would “maintain sufficient protection measures” for the agriculture sector.
[DatePublished] => 2009-09-07 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1097285
[AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
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[ArticleID] => 502303
[Title] => RP panel urged to defend agricultural sector at WTO meet
[Summary] => Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap and other senior trade officials attending the ongoing Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in India are being urged to remain firm in defending the Philippine agricultural sector against unfair trade deals that may be detrimental to Filipino farmers.
[DatePublished] => 2009-09-06 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
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[ArticleID] => 78388
[Title] => ‘Coherent trade policy’ sought
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[DatePublished] => 2008-08-10 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1480108
[AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio
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[ArticleID] => 55394
[Title] => Rice imports may not lower prices of staple food NGO
[Summary] => A non-government organization doubts that allowing private importation of rice would lower prices of the staple.
[DatePublished] => 2008-04-11 00:00:00
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[Title] => Group hits US attempt to push bilateral trade pact with RP
[Summary] => A civil society group is claiming the United States (US) is dangling bilateral trade deals in a bid to weaken the position of the Philippine government in the ongoing negotiations of the World Trade Organizatons (WTO) in Geneva.
The group, Rice Watch and Action Network (RI), said US trade representatives have been exerting extra pressure on negotiators to agree to bilateral trade deals that would effectively compromise the country’s efforts to shield vulnerable agriculture and non-agriculture commodities from further tariff reduction and trade liberalization.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-16 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1704647
[AuthorName] => Rocel Felix
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[ArticleID] => 331859
[Title] => Poor countries to block rich nations’ attempts
[Summary] => Developing countries, including the Philippines, have banded together to block attempts by developed countries to redefine what agricultural-based economies can include in their list of sensitive products that may be given tariff protection.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-17 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Rocel Felix
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[ArticleID] => 324088
[Title] => Gov’t to save on rice imports with a strong peso
[Summary] => The strong peso is helping the government save dollars on its rice importations even as rice prices in the global market are increasing.
"The strengthening of the peso means lower cost for our rice importations and should the situation prevail, it will ease the burden of government to be shelling out more foreign currency for its rice purchases. This is a positive factor for us especially if world market prices of rice continues its steady rise," said National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Gregorio Tan Jr.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-03 00:00:00
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[Title] => RP nixes US bid for lower corn tariff
[Summary] => Government has rejected a US proposal for the Philippines to reduce its import tariff on corn from 35 percent to three percent in exchange for US support to the Philippines’ bid to keep its quantitative restrictions (QR) on rice.
National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Gregorio Tan Jr. said the US is exploring the possibility of making permanent the zero tariff importation of 58,000 metric tons (MT) of corn by the agency earlier this year.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-18 00:00:00
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[Title] => RP nixes Canada’s demand for lower tariff on pork
[Summary] => The Philippine government is not conceding to Canada’s demand for hefty cuts in tariffs on pork imports in exchange for its approval of the country’s bid to extend its quantitative restrictions (QR) on rice.
Canada, one of the Philippines’ biggest pork suppliers, wants Philippines to lower its pork impot tariff from 30 percent to five percent in exchange for its support to the Philippines’ request for an extension of its QR on rice.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-05 00:00:00
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