AEC’s feat depends on local empowerment
SINCE the Bali Summit in 1977 that yielded the preferential trading agreement followed by the 1992 signing of the common effective preferential tariff scheme that marked the way toward the Asean Free Trade Area, the success and failure of the post-Asean Economic Community (AEC) 2015 will always be measured as to how local government units (LGUs) prepare and participate.