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Senate to ratify regional trade pact—DTI chief

The Senate is poised to ratify the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) by December, Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual said. Pascual, in an interview with GMA...

PH seen ratifying economic treaty end-2022

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA — Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary General Dato Paduka Lim Jock Hoi remains confident that the Philippines will ratify...

Competitiveness key to PH signing regional trade pact

President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. said he wants an assessment of the country’s competitiveness first before pursuing the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic...

Farmers and businessmen give opposite views on RCEP deal

Farmers and businessmen gave opposing views on the delayed Senate approval of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership trade agreement that will create the world’s...

Biz groups press PH entry in RCEP

Dominant business organizations in the Philippines have reiterated call for the Senate to ratify the country’s membership in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP),...

Group seeks stronger drive against piracy

An advocacy group has urged Philippine legislators to add more teeth to the government’s fight against piracy of intellectual property by coming up with...

PH to lose investors over trade deal delay

Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez expressed concern that the country may lose investment opportunities to competitor countries over the delayed congressional approval of the Regional...

Gov’t asked to prepare for accession to RCEP

The Philippines should have a clear picture of what it wants to achieve once it is given the green light to accede to the...

More foreign business chambers urge Senate to ratify regional pact

The Joint Foreign Chambers called on the Senate to ratify Philippine membership in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership before the election campaign recess. The RCEP...

Senators urged to ‘bury’ RCEP

An agriculture advocacy party-list group on Saturday asked senators to “permanently bury” the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and closely review all future trade liberalization proposals due...

4 business groups urge Senate to ratify PH membership in world’s largest trade bloc

Four business groups on Friday backed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership as they urged the Senate to ratify the Philippine membership in what is...

RCEP: An economic thrust rightly predicted

"We need to stay open and inclusive."     As anticipated, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, upon its signing on November 15, was instantly dubbed as the...

Senate ups vaccine funds

Senators have agreed to increase the funds for procurement, storage and distribution of vaccines for COVID-19 under the 2021 national budget, Senate President Vicente...

Are we ready for this regional partnership?

"We should take a serious look at our ability to compete, sector by sector, segment by segment."   The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership brings the Philippines...
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