AGRICULTURE industry group Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (Sinag) challenged the government to provide a thorough assessment for the Philippines' accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), reiterating its grave concerns over the country's involvement to another treaty, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Recently, about 50 organizations of farmers, fishers, workers, civil society and businesses unanimously opposed the ratification of the RCEP trade agreement, claiming that it was finalized without consulting agri-fisheries stakeholders, who are directly affected by it. One of these groups included Sinag.

In a statement on Friday, Jayson Cainglet, Sinag executive director, discussed the yearly end-results of the Philippines' accession to the WTO for the last 27 years.