An open letter to Usec Rodolfo and BOI Director Dichosa. Usec Ceferino Rodolfo, Managing Head of the Board of Investments, and Ms. Corazon Dichosa, Executive Director, Board of Investments: Maraming salamat for the invitation to the dialogue (December 9-10) on “implementing a modern industrial strategy for the Philippines to strengthen Philippines…
EFTA is made up of Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
The Philippines Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said a delegation will head to the Icelandic capital Reykjavik on 23 June to attend an EFTA Ministerial Meeting and sign the Joint Declaration on Corporation (JDC).
The JDC is viewed as a first step towards a free trade agreement (FTA). It provides a venue to talk about different barriers to trade, trade facilitation, sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures, public procurement, sustainable development, intellectual property rights and completion and trade.
The JDC can also be beneficial in terms of private sector cooperation and enables a joint committee to be put in place so both parties can review cooperation and talk about other matters of mutual interest.