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Philippine automotive industry renews calls to update the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) due to ...
Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. confirms key Philippine agricultural goods like rice, corn, and pork will be protected in ongoing tariff ...
Donald Trump's tariff announcement and pause roiled and reinvigorated Wall Street. The wild ride for stocks truly began ...
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 ...
An impeachment proceeding against Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte can't proceed due to a constitutional limit on the ...
The United States, riding a tariff wave launched by President Donald Trump, has concluded a trade agreement with Japan, the ...
Was it really just 20 percent to 19 percent tariff reduction? No. Effective tariffs on Philippine exports were just at 6.65 ...
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WHEN United States President Donald Trump returned to power in January, he promised to make a difference.
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it has been assured by Philippine trade negotiators that no concessions will be made to the US that will harm domestic producers of agricultural goods.
THE NATIONAL Government’s (NG) gross borrowing rose 78.16% year-on-year in June, with both foreign and domestic debt expanding, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said. The BTr reported gross borrowing ...
AS PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. prepares to deliver his fourth State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Monday, July 28, 2025, ...