2016: A year of strengthening partnerships and promoting trade and investments Business Mirror January 24, 2017 WITH the Asean theme for 2017 “Partnership for Change, Engaging the World,” PTIC-Jakarta’s engagements in 2016 will continue to pave the way for strengthening the Philippines’s presence in Asean and taking advantage of...

DTI unveils Asean Business Program for 2017 Business Mirror January 24, 2017 THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) as chairman of the Asean Economic Ministers (AEM) and as chairman for the Committee on Business and Investment Promotion (CBIP) unveiled the business programs for the year that will complement...

Doing FTAs with the European Union Business Mirror January 18, 2017 THE Philippines-EU free-trade agreement (PHL-EU FTA) is an essential component of the Philippines’s trade and investment strategy for Europe. After two formal scoping meetings held in November 2014 and September 2015, and numerous intersessional engagements, the PHL-EU FTA...

Citem, DCP, EMB team up to boost PHL’s joining world’s major consumer-goods trade fair Business Mirror January 18, 2017 THE Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (Citem) sustains its creative collaboration with the Design Center of the Philippines (DCP) and the Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) of the Department...

Improved packaging, product quality keys to global competitiveness Business Mirror January 11, 2017 LOCAL food processors are urged to make the packaging of their products conform to legislations and laws of other countries in order to be acceptable and competitive in the global arena. “The future of processed-food packaging...