Geneva, Switzerland – Building on the statements of Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon M. Lopez at the opening plenary session where he emphasized the three priorities of the Philippines for MC12 (food and agriculture, trade and health, and fisheries subsidies), DTI Undersecretary Ceferino Rodolfo spoke at the closed-door ministerial session of the continue reading : PH joins other WTO members in pushing for solution to challenges facing the Multilateral Trading System
Geneva, Switzerland – At the sidelines of the 12th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference, DTI Undersecretary Ceferino S. Rodolfo represented the Philippines at a Mini Ministerial meeting focused on combating climate change. Undersecretary Rodolfo joined WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Ministers from 21 other delegations representing a cross-section of WTO members including the United continue reading : PH ready to join Trade Ministers Coalition to address climate change
Geneva, Switzerland – With a strong desire to deliver a concrete outcome in the MC12, the Philippines called for unity to finalize a comprehensive framework to address the COVID-19 pandemic and future pandemics, which would include a waiver for at least COVID-19 vaccines while stressing the need to pursue a decentralized and increased production not continue reading : PH calls for concrete response on COVID-19 pandemic and future challenges
Manila—Due to the emergence of the new Omicron variant and the latest Swiss government’s travel restrictions, the highly anticipated 12th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) scheduled on 30 November to 3 December 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland was indefinitely postponed. The Ministerial Conference is expected to tackle several key trade and investment issues continue reading : PH pushes offensive interests despite WTO MC 12 postponement
On 12 July 2019, a World Trade Organization (“WTO”) Panel upheld the Philippines’ claims that Thailand violated WTO law on customs violation. The dispute initiated by the Philippines in 2008 affects Philippine exports of cigarettes to Thailand. Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez said that “this WTO dispute has been going on for more than ten years now, continue reading : WTO Panel Report in Thailand – Customs and Fiscal Measures on Cigarettes from the Philippines