Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. is urging the government to provide a comprehensive program to help the country’s agricultural sector and farmers vulnerable to the effects of the influx of duty-free commodities into the country.
Marcos aired the call as the Asean Economic Community (AEC) formally came into force on December 31. Among its effects, it removed import duties across the borders of the 10 member countries of the Asean, namely Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
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