Various services being offered by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will soon go digital as the agency formalized its collaboration with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). DFA Secretary Enrique Manalo and DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy on Wednesday signed a...
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 domestic nickel industry said the government should first provide a stable policy environment for the mining industry, primarily on nickel, to be able to attract more foreign investors and participate in the electric vehicle (EV) global value chain. FNI and PNIA President Dante R. Bravo...
Global trade growth in 2023 is still expected to be subpar despite a slight upgrade to GDP projections since last fall, according to the World Trade Organization (WTO). A new“Global Trade Outlook and Statistics” report by WTO economists on Wednesday, 5 April, forecasts that volume of world...
The Philippines generated $50.65 million export sales, surpassing its target by over 300 percent, in the world’s largest annual food and beverage expo, Gulfood 2023 at the Dubai World Trade Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). In a statement, the Center for International Trade Expositions...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has sought for further collaboration with the advertising industry to tighten controls against fraudulent advertising, by including online marketing, amid increases in consumer complaints, primarily emanating from internet-based transactions. In a speech...
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 Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) through Board of Investment (BOI) shall recommend for approval to the Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB) an EV incentive strategy (EVIS), similar tax incentives driven to the Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategy (CARS) Program, to ensure the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. bared that there are 90 active investment leads from Chinese companies following his state visit to China in January. Marcos announced this as he spoke at the 33rd Biennial Convention of Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry,...
Promoting innovation and Filipino excellence, Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda has expressed her commitment to nurturing local creativity during the 2nd Philippine Creative Industries Summit hosted by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). The Summit, according to Legarda, serves as...
Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Fred Pascual is encouraging employers to upskill workers and make them future-ready. Pascual stressed this at the launch of the Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Development Alliance (AMDev) Program supported by the United States Agency for International...
