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Go Lokal! and Marahuyo Pop-Up Stores Featured at the 21st WTTC Global Summit
April 26, 2022The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) participated in the 21st World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit held on 20 – 22 April 2022 as part of its efforts to promote Philippine-made products under the Go Lokal! and Marahuyo brands. In partnership with the Department of Tourism (DOT),…Read More -
Be a Modern-Day BUYani and join the #FlexPHridays Movement!
April 26, 2022The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is ramping up the promotions of its #FlexPHridays national advocacy campaign starting 25 April 2022 through social media. DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez encourages everyone to post Philippine-made products they bought from local businesses and share them online on various social media platforms. From…Read More -
DTI, SBA strengthen partnership, continue expansion plans in PH
April 26, 2022Washington, DC—Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon M. Lopez assured SBA Communications Corporation of the Philippine government’s steadfast support for their continued construction and operations in the Philippines as a provider of critical passive infrastructure for wireless communications or Independent Tower Company (ITC). The trade chief met with…Read More -
PAB Maintains Calibrated Assessments by Capacitating its Assessors
April 26, 2022PAB ensures that its assessments are calibrated by providing regular policy and standard updates to its assessors and experts through its yearly forum. This year’s Assessors and Experts’ Forum of the Laboratory Accreditation Division (LAD) was held uniquely as LAD collaborated with the Promotion and Documentation Division (PDD) to incorporate…Read More -
Normin small biz join Food Connect Program
April 25, 2022Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Region 10 and in collaboration with the Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC) launched the 2022 Food Connect Training Program on 19 April 2022. A total of 28 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) under the coffee, processed fruits and nuts, high valued coconut products,…Read More -
DTI: FedEx PH expands into a transshipment hub
April 22, 2022Washington, DC—Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon M. Lopez told reporters that FedEx operations in Clark City will expand by around five times more than its current capacity to enable it to operate as a transshipment point for packages. This means that all arriving packages are sorted and…Read More -
PH, US Dept. of Commerce discuss strengthening strategic economic partnership and cooperation
April 22, 2022Washington, DC, United States—Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon M. Lopez and US Department of Commerce (DOC) Secretary Gina Raimondo met in Washington, DC to discuss the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) and the economic reforms by the Philippines under the Duterte Administration. Secretary Lopez outlined the recently…Read More -
DTI works on ENDEC, B&V to build RE-enabled hyperscale data centers in PH
April 22, 2022Washington, DC—Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon M. Lopez pursued investors that will build hyperscale data centers, with the corresponding renewable energy generation projects that should provide for their power requirements. This was discussed mainly during a meeting with executives from ENDECGROUP Inc. and Black and Veatch (B&V)…Read More -
Trade liberalization in agriculture very limited in RCEP
April 22, 2022Manila, Philippines – To further support its priority to seek ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) clarified anew common misconceptions on RCEP as posed by some group of farmers. According to Assistant Secretary Allan B. Gepty, it is not correct…Read More -
DTI to launch an online self-assessment toolkit to guide MSMEs in digital transformation journey
April 20, 2022Are you a curious observer or a Progressive innovator? Manila—The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has initiated the development of a self-assessment toolkit for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) which will measure their level of digital maturity and readiness to embark in their journey towards digital transformation. During…Read More
