(UPDATE) ORGANIZED labor has urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to form a Tripartite Tariff Task Force to craft a whole-of-nation plan to protect Filipino workers and industries from the effects of a higher tariff imposed by the United States.
The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), the country’s biggest federation of workers, said that the Marcos administration should take advantage of the 90-day grace period announced by the US before it starts implementing reciprocal tariffs on the Philippines and other trade partners in Europe and Asean countries.
The Philippines has been slapped with a 17-percent tariff — the second lowest in the region…