Independent foreign policy? Foreign interests behind TRAIN, Cha-cha, says IBON
Independent foreign policy? Foreign interests behind TRAIN, Cha-cha, says IBON
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While President Duterte likes to claim that his administration adheres to an independent foreign policy, it appears that his major programs such as the packages of tax reforms and the planned Charter change (Cha-cha) are actually pushed by US and other foreign interests.
IBON noted that the tax reforms and Cha-cha are among the key policy reforms long lobbied for by US business groups with active support from American aid agencies. It cited the US’s Partnership for Growth (PFG) initiative, an aid program participated in and coordinated by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), State Department, Millennium Challenge Corp. (MCC) and other US agencies as well as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and various UN bodies.
Part of the PFG implementation is The Arangkada Philippines Project (TAPP) of the USAID and the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) through the Joint Foreign Chamber of Commerce (JFCC). Under the TAPP, the JFCC has produced Legislation Policy Briefs that identified broad recommendations for Congress and the Executive.
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