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Thailand/Philippines: Thailand to press Philippines to cut import tariffs on rice.
Section: General News - Thailand will use the Asean Summit to propose that the Philippines cut import tariffs on rice and raise rice import quotas in compensation for the latter's failure to honour the Asean Free Trade Agreement (Afta), the Bangkok Post reports.
At the summit from Oct 23-25 in Cha-am, Thai economic ministers will discuss the contentious issue with their Philippine counterparts, as two rounds of talks involving senior officials have failed to reach a conclusion.
According to Nuntawan Sakuntanaga, director-general of the Trade Negotiations Department, Manila remains reluctant to cut import tariffs on rice under Afta as scheduled on Jan 1.
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