TOKYO, JAPAN—On Monday, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Fred Pascual urged top Japanese trading houses to actively participate in efforts to enhance bilateral economic and trade relations between the Philippines and Japan during a dinner meeting hosted by the Philippine Ambassador to Japan H.E. Mylene J. Garcia-Albano, and organized by the Philippine Trade continue reading : DTI’s Pascual engages with top Japanese trading houses (Sogoshosha)
TOKYO, JAPAN— Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Fred Pascual met Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura of Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) following their participation at the ASEAN-Japan Business Week 2023 held on 5 June 2023, in Tokyo, Japan. In the said meeting, they agreed to further deepen Philippines-Japan bilateral relations especially with the implementation continue reading : Bilateral meeting with Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI)
TOKYO, JAPAN — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) through the Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC) – Tokyo, supported by the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo, organized two roundtable meetings with Japanese business executives as part of the Philippine government’s continuous investment promotion efforts to help accelerate the country’s economic development. PTIC-Tokyo Commercial Counselor continue reading : DTI Tokyo forges stronger economic partnership with Japanese businesses
MinebeaMitsumi’s leadership recently identified ASEAN as the focus of its expansion activities in the region. With a workforce of over 70,000 in Southeast Asia, the Philippines is currently the second largest production base of the company after Thailand, with over 26,000 workers. During the meeting, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Fred Pascual discussed continue reading : MinebeaMitsumi expands investments in PH
Manila—During the recently concluded Virtual Economic Briefing, conducted by the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo and the ASEAN Japan Centre, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), between the Philippines and Japan, Japanese investors and economic managers shared views on the current investment and economic climate in the Philippines. The event was attended by top officials of continue reading : Japanese investors share investment plans for PH sustainable industries
Manila—The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), in collaboration with the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo, organized an end-of-year Philippine Economic Briefing focused on Philippine-Japan Economic Partnerships in Sustainable Development last 24 November 2021. During the opening remarks, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte mentioned how the Philippines-Japan relations grew from strength to greater strength in the last continue reading : DTI holds economic briefing to strengthen PH-JP trade relations, boost bilateral investment opportunities
In the recently concluded Virtual Philippine Economic Briefing organized by the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and ASEAN Japan Centre, Trade Secretary Ramon M. Lopez called on Japanese firms to invest in sustainable industries including electric vehicles (EV) and to develop untapped green metals such as nickel, copper, and cobalt. continue reading : DTI urges Japanese firms to invest in sustainable industries
The Philippines’ top Japanese investors in electronics and medical devices manufacturing reaffirmed their confidence in the country’s economy as they pledged to continue their operations during an online roundtable meeting led by Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez and the agency’s senior management at the start of the second semester of the year.
The Foreign Trade Service Officers successfully conducted their regional planning consecutively held from 03-13 December 2018 to discuss and review strategies in promoting Trabaho, Negosyo, Kabuhayan (TNK) goes Global program for overseas Filipinos, Philippine Export Development Plan (PEDP), and the country’s Investment Priorities Plan to improve the Philippines’ trade relations and increase investments for the continue reading : Foreign Trade Service Corps successfully conducted its Regional Planning
In a recent seminar co-organized by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the ASEAN Japan Center (AJC) entitled “Changing Trade and Investment Landscape in ASEAN and the Philippines”, DTI Undersecretary Nora K. Terrado cited the importance of global value chains and non-equity mode (NEM) in the growth of Philippine exports. “NEM is of continue reading : DTI cites rise of global value chains and NEMs in exports growth