Free trade

IBON: Reject RCEP
January 31, 2022
It’s long overdue to let go of the reckless abandonment of agriculture and the Philippine economy to market forces that the Philippines is ill-prepared to take advantage of. IBON calls on our senators to reject Philippine membership in RCEP.
EU-PH trade deal: The hazards of Free Trade Agreements
November 14, 2012
Amid slowing growth and increasing unemployment in EU countries, a free trade agreement with PH is perceived as EU’s way out of its economic crisis IBON Features—The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) concluded this week with the European Union (EU) pressing for Asia to further open up their markets. This was after talks with several Asian countries […]