The opposition coming from the farmers’ groups against the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) has intensified, with as many as 45 groups with thousands of members combined claiming they were not consulted about the Philippines’ commitments on the treaty as...
The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) urged the Senate to defer the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement pending the conduct of consultations with farmers. 42933 In a statement, the FFF pointed out that the Department of Agriculture (DA) has not...
EDITORIAL The Philippines and Korea have concluded negotiations for a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA), more than two years after both countries agreed to achieve a comprehensive and future-oriented trade deal. A joint statement issued Tuesday, Oct. 26, announcing the conclusion of the FTA...
President Duterte has welcomed the signing of the Philippines-Republic of Korea (ROK) free trade agreement on Tuesday, Oct. 26. (Photos from Malacañang/ Unsplash) Speaking during the 22nd ASEAN-ROK Summit, Duterte says the trade pact is "needed for our economies to recover and bounce back,"...
Switzerland, one of the highest per capita countries in the world, has identified processed food, natural ingredients and value-added textiles as potential products that Philippines can export to their country and into the larger EU countries. Photo credit: https://www.sippo.ch/ A recent study by...
The Philippines ranked fourth as potential location site for EU businesses among countries in ASEAN, which also lost steam as EU favorite with new regions also being eyed as good sites for global supply chain relocation, a 2020 EU-ASEAN Business Sentiment Survey showed. Photo credit:...
Philippines and India have agreed to consider forging a bilateral preferential trade agreement (PTA) to take advantage of the huge untap potential for a strategic partnership in the region. Both parties raised the PTA at the recently concluded 13th Meeting of the Joint Working Group on Trade...
