News

Philippine automotive industry renews calls to update the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) due to ...
Though an abundance of news has whipsawed Wall Street during this timeline, including quarterly operating results, a U.S.
Economist Joey Salceda says President Marcos’ U.S. visit helped avoid a 20% tariff across all exports, preserving exemptions for 73% of Philippine goods and resulting in a 6.3% effective ...
Locally-produced agricultural goods such as rice, corn, sugar, chicken, fish, and pork will be protected in the ongoing ...
Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. confirms key Philippine agricultural goods like rice, corn, and pork will be protected in ongoing tariff ...
An impeachment proceeding against Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte can't proceed due to a constitutional limit on the ...
Trump’s Brics tariff threat and transshipment provisions could further complicate trade negotiations as the August 1 deadline ...
The United States, riding a tariff wave launched by President Donald Trump, has concluded a trade agreement with Japan, the ...
Trump has recently announced preliminary trade deals with Japan and other countries, and many of his paused “reciprocal” ...
TRADITION dictates that the spotlight should be trained on the president, and the president alone, not only during the State ...
Opinion
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Looking at the forest and not just the trees

We may seem biased but overall, President Marcos’ official trip to Washington, DC was very successful and, more importantly, consequential.
Was it really just 20 percent to 19 percent tariff reduction? No. Effective tariffs on Philippine exports were just at 6.65 ...