MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines is primed and ready for the integration of economies among the 10-member states of the Asean by 2015, said Trade Secretary Gregory L. Domingo, who shrugged off claims by certain groups that the country is inadequately prepared. "There will be more of evolutionary, rather than revolutionary, changes. The anxieties [of certain groups] are slightly exaggerated. Businesses should not be anxious because we've basically seen the bulk of changes last Jan. 1, 2010 ... That was when over 99 percent of tariff lines within the Asean were reduced to zero," Domingo explained. "The Asean Economic Community [will not really cau...
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