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KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) represented the Philippines in the three (3) - day ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) Consumer Affairs Program (CAP) Phase II E-Commerce Workshop from 21 – 23 June 2023 held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The DTI, through the leadership of Secretary
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TOKYO, JAPAN—On Monday, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Fred Pascual urged top Japanese trading houses to actively participate in efforts to enhance bilateral economic and trade relations between the Philippines and Japan during a dinner meeting hosted by the Philippine Ambassador to Japan H.E. Mylene J. Garcia-Albano, and
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TOKYO, JAPAN— Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Fred Pascual met Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura of Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) following their participation at the ASEAN-Japan Business Week 2023 held on 5 June 2023, in Tokyo, Japan. In the said meeting, they agreed to further deepen Philippines-Japan
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BANGKOK, THAILAND – The US-ASEAN Business Council (US- ABC) and the Department of Trade and Industry renew the MOU on the ASEAN SME Academy during the 15th Meeting of the ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (ACCMSME) happening in Bangkok, Thailand on May 22 - 26, 2023.
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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA -- The Philippines, through the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), participated in Korea's biggest coffee show, the Seoul Coffee Expo 2023 at the COEX Convention and Exhibition Center in Seoul, last 5 to 8 April 2023. Chosen by the COEX as the guest country for this
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MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Coming from the heels of a highly successful official visit by Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. to Japan last February, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) through its representative office in Western Japan—Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC) in Osaka, recently concluded a three-day business mission
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DAVOS, SWITZERLAND — On 16 January 2023, Trade and Industry Secretary Fred Pascual joined the Philippine Delegation led by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the 53rd edition of the World Economic Forum (WEF). The WEF Annual Meeting serves as a premier gathering of business, government, and civil society organizations (CSOs) in
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BEIJING, CHINA — On 5 January 2023, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. together with Trade and Industry Secretary Fred Pascual led the Roundtable Meeting (RTM) on Strategic Industries covering nickel processing, power batteries, electronic vehicles (EV), electronics manufacturing, and steel manufacturing. It was also attended by Former President Gloria Macapagal
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BEIJING, CHINA — On 4 January 2023, DTI Undersecretary Ceferino Rodolfo led the Philippine business delegation in a site visit to the wafer fab facility of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC). The visit happened at the sidelines of the three-day State Visit of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the People's
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BEIJING, CHINA — On 5 January 2023, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. together with DTI Secretary Fred Pascual, DOE Secretary Raphael Lotilla, and the rest of the Philippine official delegation to China led the Roundtable Meeting on Renewable Energy (RE). It was also attended by Former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,
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