Ph raised the need to review and eliminate trade-inhibiting non-tariff barriers (NTBs) at a recent meeting of Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) ministers, the trade department said.
TALKS for a free trade agreement (FTA) between the Philippines and the European Union (EU) have taken a back seat to monitoring of the country’s commitments under a preferential trade arrangement it bagged from the bloc in December 2014, according to a source from the European Commission (EC).
The Philippines will keep the same market access it has with the United Kingdom regardless if Brexit ends with a deal or not, the country’s trade chief insisted on Friday.
Malacañang signed the P633 billion worth of new deals with China. Manila’s business delegation to the second Belt and Road Forum in Beijing signed 19 business deals, majority of which cover energy, infrastructure, food, telecommunications, tourism, and economic zone development with Chinese firms.