MANILA, Philippines—Amid the renewed push for the Philippine Senate to ratify the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), more than 100 groups and individuals from various sectors appealed for its rejection instead. In an open letter, 131 representatives of farmers, fishers, workers, civil society organizations, and the private sector—as well as nine notable individual signatories—urged the … Continue reading RCEP: 100 groups ask Senate to reject world’s biggest free trade pact