24 January 2018 Published also in Business Mirror THE Department of Trade and Industry welcomed another milestone for its trade relations with the European Union (EU) as export products hit a 31-percent growth. Last year the country exported €2 billion worth of Philippine products through the EU’s Generalized Scheme of

24 January 2018 Published also in Business Mirror THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) welcomed the report of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) on 2017 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets where the Philippines remained off the list. The report, which highlighted notorious markets for piracy and trademark counterfeiting,

24 January 2018 also published on Business Mirror To continue the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) programs to develop micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), the government has set aside P2 billion to aid entrepreneurs and create an entrepreneurial revolution in the country that will result in more jobs

17 January 2018 also published in Business MIrror THE government’s interagency task force on Ease of Doing Business (EODB) is speeding up reforms to improve the country’s competitiveness. Trade Secretary Ramon M. Lopez said the strategy is to pursue a “whole of government approach,” where all instrumentalities of the government

17 January 2018 also published in Business Mirror THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) sees improvement in the ease of doing business in the country, with the implementation of the joint memorandum circular (JMC) directing local government units (LGUs) to streamline the issuance of building permits and certificates of