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                    [Title] => DTI exec dares Greenpeace to cite ‘toxic’ provisions
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Trade and Industry Undersecretary Tomas Aquino challenged yesterday the international environmental watchdog Greenpeace to pinpoint the exact provisions in the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) that would make the Philippines a dumping ground for hazardous and toxic wastes from Japan.


In an interview over the weekly radio program "Para sa Iyo Bayan" of Vice President Noli de Castro, Aquino said he is ready to testify before the Senate to belie the allegations of Greenpeace.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 365928 [Title] => DTI exec dares Greenpeace to cite ‘toxic’ provisions [Summary] => Trade and Industry Undersecretary Tomas Aquino challenged yesterday the international environmental watchdog Greenpeace to pinpoint the exact provisions in the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) that would make the Philippines a dumping ground for hazardous and toxic wastes from Japan.

In an interview over the weekly radio program "Para sa Iyo Bayan" of Vice President Noli de Castro, Aquino said he is ready to testify before the Senate to belie the allegations of Greenpeace.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 200244 [Title] => EU rapped for refusal to open agricultural market [Summary] => Trade and Industry Undersecretary Tomas Aquino criticized yesterday the European Union for the continued refusal to open up its agricultural market while insisting that less developed countries adopt trade liberalization completely.

Aquino, who is the country’s chief international trade negotiator in the World Trade Organization (WTO), pointed out that forthcoming trade talks in Cancun, Mexico under the WTO cannot proceed successfully if the EU continues to refuse to include more agricultural products in its list of products for liberalization.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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