A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) have been forged by various parties to strengthen collaboration and scale up the technology sector for global competitiveness amid robust growth among startups in the Philippines. The MOA was signed by the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP),...
Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual highlighted the agency’s efforts in the promotion of intellectual property to advance the growth of creative industries and overall development of the domestic economy. Pascual stressed the role of IP in a speech during the Women in IP: 2023 Gawad...
The IT Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Board of Investments (BOI) signed a five-year development program outlining specific activities to spur the local IT-business process management industry (IT-BPM). The “Statement of...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said it will try to match this year the record $10.5 billion foreign direct investments (FDI) registered by the Philippines in 2021. “That’s what we are aspiring for,” said DTI Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual during a television interview when asked if...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) would like the United States government to consider a partnership with the Philippines on critical minerals processing for potential complementation in the electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem that would enable the Philippines to participate in the industry’s...
Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual said the Philippines is not closing to formalizing its trade relations with the US amid pronouncements by its number one ally to focus on the Indo Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) instead of free trade deals. DTI Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual While...
Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual has called for more investments in high value products to arrest the worrisome decline in the country’s exports. Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual The DTI chief pointed out to the 18.1 percent decline in the country’s merchandize...
The Philippines is looking forward to the implementation of Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS), the new form of generalized system of preferential (GSP) trading system of the United Kingdom which provides larger product coverage than EU’s GSP+. Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Alfredo...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide cutting-edge digital services and solutions to budding Filipino entrepreneurs and innovators. The MoU aims to provide training workshops to upskill and reskill the Filipino...
The ball is now in the hands of the business sector to take advantage of opportunities, said Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual a day after the Senate concurred the ratification of the mega trade deal. The challenge was readily accepted by the private sector, which composed of...
The Board of Investments (BOI) is confident it would hit its P1 trillion investment approvals target for 2023, citing serious interests from global investors. Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual, who is also BOI chairman, attributed the renewed interest of multinationals following the...
“There is no magic pill for agriculture.” Thus said Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual in an interview at One News Ph’s The Chiefs on the state of the country’s agriculture and in light of the agency’s efforts to have the concurrence of the Senate on the executive branch’s...
