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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 ...
Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. confirms key Philippine agricultural goods like rice, corn, and pork will be protected in ongoing tariff ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The US deadline of August 1 for imposing tariffs on its trading partners is firm and there will be no extensions, Commerce ...
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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 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.
TRADITION dictates that the spotlight should be trained on the president, and the president alone, not only during the State ...