Trade - Matches

Manila is sending a mission to Washington later this month to begin preliminary talks on the US-Philippines free-trade agreement (FTA) that was discus..

The country’s economic managers appear bent on removing next year the quantitative restrictions (QR) on rice importation to comply with the comm..

President Duterte, taking cue from complaints aired by US President Donald J. Trump that Japanese-made vehicles are being assessed tariff rates consid..

This volume consists of articles on agriculture, the oil industry, and telecommunications. The first article studies the employment generation potenti..

This paper aims to promote competitive access for telecommunications providers. Among other things, it includes provisions for interconnection, access..

International experts identify inadequate physical facilities, cumbersome procedures, and varying international business standards as major stumbling ..

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and the Australian National University (ANU), in cooperation with the Philippine Competition C..

The Philippines had enjoyed the protection of quantitative restriction (QR) on rice, or rice- import caps, for more than two decades. Upon joining the..

The rice sector may get at least P27 billion in government assistance, or nearly half of the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) P60.6-billion budg..

The Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) should continue pushing for trade reforms and liberalization amid the rising protectionism across th..

Asean economic ministers are targeting to release a statement encouraging members of Asean to reduce trade barriers, according to Trade Secretary Ramo..

Trade ministers from the 10-member countries of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are moving towards an agreement to reduce the prolifera..

The weakening of the peso against the US dollar could make certain food items more expensive in the near-term, but it would be good for exporters as i..

The government is alarmed by the rising tide of protectionism in the region in the form of nontariff barriers (NTBs), making it important for the Phil..

The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) conducted a seminar on “Diminished Global Growth Prospects: New Economic Uncertainty and..