Brazil, one of the Philippines major sources of poultry meat and poultry products, has advised the government authorities of its intention to bring to the World Trade Organization its “specific trade concerns” if it cannot immediately and completely revoke the ban on the importation of Brazil...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is incentivizing local enterprises for them to adopt to digital technologies because while majority of enterprises are aware of the need to transform digitally many of them are facing various constraints, particularly the lack of capital. DTI...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will reimpose the mandatory certification of locally manufactured and imported plywood citing unfair competition from imported substandard plywood that threatens not only public safety, but also the local wood manufacturing industry. Trade and Industry...
Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez has vowed that micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) doing transactions with the government can expect a fully-automated digital platform with a refined customer service team any time of the day by next year. Lopez issued this commitment at the...
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:...
Entrepreneurs are known for their sheer grit and determination, without hesitation to seek for help and inspiration from professionals when things get rough. Edith Christmae Tan is already an entrepreneur in her own right. She owns a 6-hectare farm in Northern Mindanao, but when the pandemic...
The country’s trade deficit dropped in August as imports slowed at much faster pace than exports, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. The gap in the trade balance, which is the difference between the value of export and import, reached $2.07 billion in August, lower by 31...
Despite the declining prices of locally produced palay, the Philippine government agencies are in full force to defend the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), which allowed the unlimited entry of cheaper imported rice in the country. On Thursday (Oct. 8), four government agencies – the Department of...
World trade shows signs of bouncing back from a deep, COVID-19 induced slump, but World Trade Organization economists caution that any recovery could be disrupted by the ongoing pandemic effects. The WTO forecasts that merchandise trade volume could fall 9.2 percent in 2020 less than the 12.9...
The Philippines and Germany have agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in manufacturing, construction and innovation at the successful convening of their inaugural Joint Economic Commission (JEC). The Philippines-Germany Joint Economic Commission Co-Chairs Parliamentary State Secretary Marco...
Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez is batting for the restoration of the P500 million budget for shared service facilities (SSF) program into the 2021 budget to achieve at least a P1 billion fund allocation next year for this program. Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez. (ALFRED...
Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M. Lopez said they will issue an advisory to the mayors and local government units (LGUs) allowing them to determine the extent of further reopening of business establishments from the current 50 percent. Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lope (ALFRED FRIAS /...
