On March 28, 2018, Ambassador Robert Lighthizer and Republic of Korea Minister for Trade Hyun Chong Kim announced that the two countries had reached an agreement in principle on the renegotiation of the U.S.–Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS). The renegotiation covered such areas as automobiles, customs processes, and investment, as well as the recently imposed U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs.
South Korea is a world leader in broadband, but a law proposed by Korean lawmakers to tax foreign content providers threatens to upend the holistic nature of the internet.
DESPITE having the highest share of their labor force employed in the copyright industries pegged at 11 percent, the labor productivity of the Philippines and Mexico in the sector is low, according to a report published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad). The report titled, “Creative…
THE Department of Trade and Industry is pursuing investors that would build data centers and renewable energy projects in the Philippines. DTI officials led by Trade Secretary Ramon M. Lopez met with executives from the ENDECGROUP Inc. and Black and Veatch (B&V) on April 18 and cited the Duterte administration’s…