Apart from Politics, Pressure from WTO, US, EU Drives Charter-Change Bid

Apart from Politics, Pressure from WTO, US, EU Drives Charter-Change Bid

The political dimension of charter change has dominated the national agenda. But the constant driving force behind all the attempts since the last decade to modify the Constitution has been the external pressure coming mainly from the WTO, the US, the EU and other rich countries to create the sort of policy environment that will allow globalization to fully thrive in the Philippines.

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