State-run think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) is urging legislators to address constraints related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) integration by 2015.

In the paper titled “Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP): Reform Challenges and Key Tasks for the Philippines,” PIDS President Gilberto Llanto and research fellow Ma. Kristina Ortiz cited the problems the Philippines faces in the integration that needs to be resolved, particularly by lawmakers, to help attain better free-trade agreements (FTA) in the region.

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