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Southern Cross Cement Corporation (SCCC) vs Philippine Cement Manufacturers Corporation (PCMC)

SOUTHERN CROSS CEMENT CORPORATION, Petitioner, versus THE PHILIPPINE CEMENT MANUFACTURERS CORP., THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE & INDUSTRY, THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, and THE COMMISSIONER OF THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, Respondents.

G.R. No. 158540 | 2004-07-08

 D E C I S I O N

Tinga, J.:

"Good fences make good neighbors," so observed Robert Frost, the archetype of traditional New England detachment. The Frost ethos has been heeded by nations adjusting to the effects of the liberalized global market.[1] The Philippines, for one, enacted Republic Act (Rep. Act) No. 8751 (on the imposition of countervailing duties), Rep. Act No. 8752 (on the imposition of anti-dumping duties) and, finally, Rep. Act No. 8800, also known as the Safeguard Measures Act ("SMA")[2] soon after it joined the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT) and the World Trade Organization (WTO)...