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Philippine automotive industry renews calls to update the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) due to ...
THE Philippines could forego about P3.97 billion in government revenue as a result of its tariff deal with the US, think tank IBON Foundation estimated. In its IBON Birdtalk Midyear 2025 briefing ...
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 ...
Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. confirms key Philippine agricultural goods like rice, corn, and pork will be protected in ongoing tariff ...
Beijing facing August 12 deadline to reach agreement with Washington after preliminary deal in June ended weeks of ...
Locally-produced agricultural goods such as rice, corn, sugar, chicken, fish, and pork will be protected in the ongoing ...
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Defining national interests
WHEN United States President Donald Trump returned to power in January, he promised to make a difference.
The US deadline of August 1 for imposing tariffs on its trading partners is firm and there will be no extensions, Commerce ...
Was it really just 20 percent to 19 percent tariff reduction? No. Effective tariffs on Philippine exports were just at 6.65 ...
The United States, riding a tariff wave launched by President Donald Trump, has concluded a trade agreement with Japan, the ...
AS PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. prepares to deliver his fourth State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Monday, July 28, 2025, ...
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.