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A new Section 7-A is hereby inserted after the new Section 7 of R. A. No. 8178, as amended, to read as follows:
"Sec. 7-A. Trade Negotiation Authority. - In the interest of the Philippine rice industry and Philippine consumers, and upon the recommendation of the NEDA and the Department of Agriculture (DA), the President may enter into trade negotiations or renegotiations of the Philippine international trade commitments on rice."
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