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  • Vietnam Grabs Market Share From Asian Peers in European Trade

    Vietnam Grabs Market Share From Asian Peers in European Trade

    Vietnam Grabs Market Share From Asian Peers in European Trade Bloomberg News June 15, 2016 Vietnam took market share of European Union trade away from other Southeast Asian nations last year, a trend that may continue after it concluded a free trade agreement with the regional bloc. The country accounted…
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  • Strategy 1 of the Philippine Export Development Plan

    Strategy 1 of the Philippine Export Development Plan

    Strategy 1 of the Philippine Export Development Plan Business Mirror June 14, 2016 THE 2015-2017 Philippine Export Development Plan (PEDP) will implement a two-track intervention to identified sectors named as key and emerging export sectors. These sectors have been identified as having at least one of the following criteria: Those…
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  • DBFTA info sessions focus on export program for MSMEs

    DBFTA info sessions focus on export program for MSMEs

    DBFTA info sessions focus on export program for MSMEs Business Mirror June 14, 2016  IN its continuing effort to increase public awareness about the benefits of Doing Business in Free Trade Areas (DBFTA), one of its major advocacy programs, the Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Trade and…
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  • DTI welcomes approval of IRR on controlled chemicals, new regulation balances national security and industry development

    DTI welcomes approval of IRR on controlled chemicals, new regulation balances national security and industry development

    Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) Adrian Cristobal Jr. welcomed the recent approval and signing of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) on controlled chemicals saying such development balances national security and industry development.
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  • Philippines highlights public-private partnerships in achieving

    Philippines highlights public-private partnerships in achieving

    Speaking at the recent International Corporate Social Responsibility Summit in Singapore, Philippine Foreign Trade ASEAN Leader and Department of Trade and Industry’s Commercial Counsellor for Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei Glenn Peñaranda emphasized the critical role both government and private sector play in achieving sustainable development. Peñaranda spoke at the summit…
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  • BOI passes compliance stage at PGS Revalida, bags Silver Governance Trailblazer Award

    BOI passes compliance stage at PGS Revalida, bags Silver Governance Trailblazer Award

    The Philippine Board of Investments (BOI) successfully passed the Compliance Stage of the Performance Governance System (PGS) during a Public Revalida at Bayanihan Center in Pasig City on Friday (June 10, 2016).
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  • KATBP: Operation Balik Eskwela – Part 3

    KATBP: Operation Balik Eskwela – Part 3

    This week’s topic is (11 June 2016): “Operation Balik Eskwela – Part 3” with studio guests from DepED, CHED and TESDA. Tune in to Konsyumer Atbp, (KATBP), DTI’s consumer education radio program, simultaneously aired over DZMM 630 kHz and Sky Cable channel 26, every Saturday from 10:30 in the morning…
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  • World Accreditation Day 2016 – Accreditation: A Global Tool to Support Public Policy

    World Accreditation Day 2016 – Accreditation: A Global Tool to Support Public Policy

    09 June 2016 marks World Accreditation Day as a global initiative, jointly established by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC), to raise awareness of the importance of accreditation. This year’s theme focuses on how accreditation can be a global tool to support public policy for…
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  • DTI to showcase Filipino retail brands in Jakarta

    DTI to showcase Filipino retail brands in Jakarta

    The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is set to showcase Filipino retail brands at the “Lifestyle Philippines” event on June 10, 2016 at Shangri-La Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia.
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  • IMF Urges Thai Rate Cuts That Central Bank Says Not Needed

    IMF Urges Thai Rate Cuts That Central Bank Says Not Needed

    IMF Urges Thai Rate Cuts That Central Bank Says Not Needed Bloomberg News June 8, 2016 The International Monetary Fund called on policy makers in Thailand to cut interest rates in the face of a sluggish economy and low inflation, an approach that the central bank says isn’t necessary. Thailand…
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