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An MFN status carries privileges normally offered to World Trade Organization (WTO) members.


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                    [Title] => Government OKs early harvest accord with China
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The Cabinet-level Trade and Related Matters (TRM) committee’s decision to enter into an accord with China was a reversal of Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas’ earlier rejection of the agreement because it would allegedly favor China and flood the local market with cheap vegetables. 


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Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II said yesterday that the TRM committee approved the resolution in view of the fact that with the expiry of the AFMA incentives, tariffs on certain agricultural inputs  may go up again.


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Roxas said China  has offered only agricultural products, mainly vegetables, to be included under the early harvest agreement.


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Under the CEPT-AFTA, the Philippines, along with its ASEAN counterparts, is supposed to bring down its  tariff rates to between zero to five percent by January next year.


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Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II said the EU had expressed willingness to remove quotas on Philippine-made garments in exchange for a commitment from the Philippines to bind its current tariff rates on 231 apparel lines, including some textiles and carpets.


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Finished goods take priority in gov’t’s MFN tariff review

By Marianne V. Go | August 13, 2003 - 12:00am

The government has decided to prioritize finished products in the review of the country’s Most Favored Nation (MFN) tariff rates, with intermediate products and raw materials following in succession. This was...

Business

Government OKs early harvest accord with China

By Marianne V. Go | May 9, 2003 - 12:00am

The government agreed yesterday to enter into an early harvest agreement with China, offering 82 product lines under the Tariff Code’s Harmonized System chapter one to eight which include unprocessed agricultural...

Business

Cabinet-level body extends duty-free perks under AFMA

By Marianne V. Go | April 3, 2003 - 12:00am

The Cabinet-level Trade and Related Matters (TRM) committee has approved a resolution extending the duty-free incentives granted to small farmers, cooperatives or small enterprises under the Agriculture and Fisheries...

Business

RP wants industrial products included in early harvest pact with China

February 26, 2003 - 12:00am

The Philippines will not agree to an early harvest agreement with China if it does not agree to include industrial products in the list of items subject to such an arrangement, Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel...

Business

TRM recommends status quo on industries’ bid for tariff hike

By Marianne V. Go | October 23, 2002 - 12:00am

The Trade and Related Matters (TRM) committee is recommending a status quo on all the requests of various industries for an increase in their tariff levels, both for the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT)...

Business

GTEB gets clearance to negotiate for access to EU garments market

By Marianne V. Go | October 29, 2001 - 12:00am

The Cabinet-level Trade and Related Matters (TRM) committee has given its go signal for the Garments and Textile Export Board (GTEB) to start negotiations with the European Union for access to the EU garments market. Trade...

Business