WTO, Trade Reforms and the Philippine Economy: Are Filipinos Better Off?

• Main Authors: Habito, Cielito, Valenzuela, Rebecca
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2003
• Subjects: Tariff Rate; Executive Order; Asian Financial Crisis; Tariff Reduction; Country Case Study; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Economics; International Trade Law
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/economics-faculty-pubs/181; https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9780230377561_11
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The Philippines has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995. The WTO accession provided new impetus for the government’s long-term efforts to improve trade and industrial structure and performance, as it created profitable new opportunities in new and expanded markets for various local products. But...