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International Trade And Investments In The Philippines: Some Policy Issues And Implications For Further Research, Angelo B. Taningco
International Trade And Investments In The Philippines: Some Policy Issues And Implications For Further Research, Angelo B. Taningco
Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies (AKI)
The Philippines has embarked on domestic economic reforms and the promotion of regional economic integration and multilateral trade liberalization with the purpose of strengthening international trade and investment. The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), in its Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016, has enunciated strategies that aim to improve the competitiveness of the domestic economy’s industrial and services sectors and narrow the country’s infrastructure gaps. In 2007, the Philippines, together with other Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) countries adopted the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint, with the countries agreeing to accelerate the transformation of the region to an AEC—a region …