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USE OF PORK IMPORT TARIFFS TO CONTROL ASF URGED

As the African swine fever (ASF) continues to cost the local industry billions of pesos in lost livelihoods, Senator Kiko Pangilinan wants to use pork import tariffs to fund pig repopulation and other efforts to control ASF. Pangilinan filed Senate Bill 2176 or The Affordable Pork Act of 2021 which seeks to create what is […]