THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is pushing for the study and removal of “unnecessary” nontariff barriers imposed by some members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to ease market access for exports in the region.

During this week’s Asean Economic Ministers meeting in Thailand, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said such barriers under the Asean Trade in Goods Agreement (Atiga) made trading “more difficult and costly.”

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