Make PH production hub, TMP told

Credit to Author: Faye Almazan| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 17:12:53 +0000

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) encouraged Toyota Motors Philippines (TMP) to make the Philippines the production hub of the Vios, the automotive manufacturer’s most popular car model. During TMP’s turnover ceremony for its new president on Monday night, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez called on the carmaker to build more local parts to help […]

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DTI: Travel ban vs US senators might affect FTA talks

Credit to Author: Tyrone Jasper C. Piad| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 14:00:49 +0000

THE travel ban ordered by President Rodrigo Duterte against two American senators last month might affect the planned Philippines-United States free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations this year, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said. Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez, in an interview with The Manila Times, said the ban had become a “possible part of […]

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‘Substandard’ steel bars held, sealed in Pampanga

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 08:44:34 +0000

Several bundles of steel bars manufactured by Wan Chiong Steel Corp. in San Simon, Pampanga were sealed by the Department of Trade and Industry’s Fair Trade and Enforcement Bureau and regional officials on Friday.

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‘Substandard’ steel bars held, sealed in Pampanga

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 08:44:34 +0000

Several bundles of steel bars manufactured by Wan Chiong Steel Corp. in San Simon, Pampanga were sealed by the Department of Trade and Industry’s Fair Trade and Enforcement Bureau and regional officials on Friday.

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Duterte to visit Masbate

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2019 03:12:24 +0000

President Rodrigo Duterte was expected to arrive in Masbate province on Wednesday afternoon to attend an event of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the presentation of rebel returnees.

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DTI taps ‘sari-sari’ stores to bring affordable goods to consumers

RESPONDING to calls from consumers to bring affordable basic goods to their neighborhood “sari-sari” stores, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on Wednesday launched a project inviting their owners, wholesalers and cooperatives willing to comply with the DTI’s suggested retail prices (SRP) initially in Metro Manila “The DTI Suking Tindahan program was conceived by […]

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Duterte wants health warnings on packaging of sugary drinks – trade chief 

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President Rodrigo Duterte wants health warnings on the packaging of sugary drinks, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said on Wednesday. “He is really concerned that these products are being sold without warning,” Lopez said in a briefing at Malacañang Palace.

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