Economic - Matches

TRANSFORMING the country’s economic zones into trade facilitation hubs can boost the country’s competitiveness amid an increasingly integrated Sou..

THE PHILIPPINES’ access to the Japanese market has improved since the implementation of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA)..

Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago’s call for a veto of the budget allocation for the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority or Ceza ("Santiago hits P800-M Ceza..

The ASEAN+6 countries are currently engaged in negotiation for a Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). If successfully negotiated, RCEP ..

The role of special economic zones can be expanded to become distribution, production and trade facilitation hubs in an integrated regional market, a ..

As 2015 draws near, assessing ASEAN`s progress toward the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) as defined by the AEC Blueprint is necessary and instructive...

As consumers, we expect the products we use and the food we ingest to meet certain safety and quality standards. Countries rightfully enforce the appl..

The Philippines-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (PJEPA), which is considered a "new age" free trade agreement (FTA), is the first and, so far, th..

For the Philippines to maximize the potential prospects for the upcoming ASEAN common market in 2015, there is a need to enhance the competitiveness o..

For the Philippines to be more competitive in a free trade market two years from now, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) recommen..

The focus of the Bureau of Customs should be on trade facilitation and the modernization of customs administration, instead of its revenue collection ..

The top 10 Philippine exports to ASEAN are currently electrical and electronics (59.5 percent share); machinery (11.4 percent); vehicles (5.1 percent)..

The Philippines needs to beef up manufacturing if it wants economic growth to be inclusive, according to the Philippine Institute for Development Stud..

The Philippines needs to transform and upgrade the local manufacturing sector to take advantage of opportunities from a bigger market in the Asean Eco..

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), in cooperation with state think tank Philippine Institute for De..