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Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez highlighted the importance of sustainable development for the Philippines during the courtesy call of UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy Richard Graham held on 16 February 2022. Trade Secretary Lopez shared that one of the key priority areas for the country in terms of trade and investment […]
QUEZON CITY, Dec. 12 As a member-economy of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the Philippines is presented with trade and investment opportunities that it should seize to pursue domestic reforms and create a more productive and competitive industry sector.
Francis Mark Quimba, senior research fellow at the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and director of the Philippine APEC Study Center Network (PASCN), said that “the pressure is on the domestic side to make use of the transfer of ideas and concepts” that is happening among APEC’s member-economies. Quimba presented two PIDS studies on APEC, focusing on its role in Philippine trade and investment, at a webinar organized by PIDS recently.