MANILA, Philippines—To avoid potential conflict between the legislative and the executive branches, Senator Cynthia Villar on Tuesday sought a compromise on the government’s pork importation policy being questioned by many lawmakers.
In the Senate alone, many members oppose the lowering of tariff rates on imported pork products as well as the government’s plan to raise the minimum access volume (MAV) from 54,000 metric tons (MT) to 400,000 (MT).
These have also been hotly debated during the hearings of the Senate Committee of the Whole.
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At the third hearing of the committee on Tuesday, however, Villar urged Financ…
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