APEC Summit (25 November, 1996) The Philippines made the following statements: to legislate anti-trust and anti-monopoly laws; to establish a Fair Trade Commission; continue to review and enhance its competition regime; to participate actively in dialogues and exchanges of information among APEC economies to ensure transparency and mutual understanding of national competition laws and policies; and to avail of technical assistance within APEC to review and develop competion laws and policies State-of-the-Nation Address (28 July 1997) Reiterated call for the enactment of the anti-trust and anti-monopoly bills pending in Congress On Deregulation: Medium Term Development Plan (1993-1998) to reduce government intervention in the production, marketing and processing of agricultural and industrial inputs and outputs.