The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership will not trample farmers and will not kill the country’s agriculture sector, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said. | DFernandezINQ
“Kaya gusto ko pong tiyakin sa sektor na hindi tatapakan ng RCEP ang ating mga magsasaka, at hindi nito papatayin ang ating agrikultura. Hindi ko rin naman po ito isusulong kung hindi benepisyo ang nakikita ko at dala natin dito. Ako ang unang haharang nito kung makakasama ito para sa atin,” the Senate president added.various sectors called for the rejection of RCEP.
The critics argued that the “lives and welfare of millions of farmers, fishers, workers and other stakeholders are at stake.” Zubiri, however, said that among the benefits of the RCEP are being able to source raw materials and intermediate goods from participating nations, process the products in the Philippines, and export those back to RCEP countries.The pact is also advantageous for the country’s fish canning factories, said Zubiri, as they can source and export fish to the RCEP region.
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