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The Philippines has once again secured a quota of 145,235 metric tons raw value (MTRV) of raw cane sugar at a lower tariff rate for the upcoming fiscal year (FY), according to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). In a statement over the weekend, the USTR announced that the...

  The Philippines remains absent from the United States (US) government’s infamous list of countries flagged for issues on safeguarding intellectual property (IP) rights for the 12th straight year. In the 2025 Special 301 Report by the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), released...

    The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has flagged corruption and a flurry of other barriers to trade with the Philippines that the US government seeks to dismantle, in a report released just days before President Donald Trump’s announcement of reciprocal...

American filmmakers have expressed alarm over the popularity of video streaming site LokLok in the Philippines and its Southeast Asian neighbors. In a comment submitted this month to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) for its 2024 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and...