Better agriculture platforms needed | The Manila Times

Mike Clarkson

March 20, 2022

Trade Liberalization

MAJOR problems plague Philippine agriculture, which needs more attention from those hoping to be in the next government. This campaign season, w...

ECONOMIC SCARS AND SHOCKS: COVID pushes back AmBisyon

Mike Clarkson

March 13, 2022

Trade Liberalization

BALISACAN As the pandemic sets the country back for several years in achieving its AmBisyon Nation 2040 goals, the Philippines is facing more economic shocks such as the looming global conflicts, future health...

‘More Jobs to follow herd immunity, economic reforms’

Mike Clarkson

March 2, 2022

Trade Liberalization

Expect jobs that were shed during the COVID-19 pandemic to resume with mass vaccination in full swing and once three economic liberalization measures pushed by President Duterte’s economic managers are in pla...

What the Indo-Asean trade pact tells us about FTAs

Mike Clarkson

March 1, 2022

Trade Liberalization

Last month, India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a comprehensive economic partnership agreement, which comprises a free trade agreement (FTA). An FTA is a bilateral agreement that aims ...

Plans Lacson failed to share in time-constrained CNN PH debate

Mike Clarkson

February 27, 2022

Trade Liberalization

A stickler for details, Panfilo Lacson usually takes his time in setting up the context of a problem or issue, showing that he has a grasp of it before he offers his own solution. This works against h...

PH to pursue free trade talks with US

Mike Clarkson

February 25, 2022

Trade Liberalization

The Philippines is working on renewing the preferential trade agreement with the US as a step toward pursuing the Philippine-US Free Trade Agreement. Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said during the thi...

Dominguez: PH to ‘return to normalcy’ in 2022

Mike Clarkson

February 18, 2022

Trade Liberalization

With an impending return to normalcy this year, the next administration will have to focus on how it will repay the debt that piled up throughout the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, President Duterte’s chief econ...

Free traders fear EU risks going over to the dark side with new superpower – POLITICO

Mike Clarkson

February 10, 2022

Trade Liberalization

Press play to listen to this article With a new superpower comes great responsibility. Few people doubt that the EU needs a new trade weapon — known as the anti-coercion instr...

Factory output declines anew | Inquirer Business

Mike Clarkson

February 6, 2022

Trade Liberalization

The negative impact of Typhoon “Odette” and the Omicron variant of COVID-19 on the economy will be felt in the coming months based on hints from January data, according to private-sector analysts, but the gov...

NEDA backs bills on liberalization

Mike Clarkson

February 1, 2022

Trade Liberalization

Louise Maureen Simeon - The Philippine StarFebruary 2, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) renewed its call to lawmakers to pass the remaining two econ...

China’s slowdown seen to impact PHL trade

Mike Clarkson

January 30, 2022

Trade Liberalization

Workers are seen on a production line at a factory in Shanghai, China, Jan. 31, 2020. — REUTERS/ALY SONG/FILE PHOTO By Jenina P. Ibañez, Senior Reporter AN ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN in China co...

‘Historic low’: PHL slumps in anti-corruption index

Mike Clarkson

January 25, 2022

Trade Liberalization

PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS By Revin Mikhael D. Ochave, Reporter THE PHILIPPINES slumped to a historic low in a global corruption index released by Transparency International, which...

BOI-approved projects decline 36% last year

Mike Clarkson

January 18, 2022

Trade Liberalization

Louella Desiderio - The Philippine StarJanuary 19, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Projects approved by the Board of Investments (BOI) fell below target and declined by 36 percent from the 2020 level am...

Vietnam’s Economic Miracle: Insights for Pakistan

Mike Clarkson

January 16, 2022

Trade Liberalization

Pakistan’s economy has been plagued with serious macroeconomic challenges for some time now. Pakistan has long struggled with dwindling foreign exchange reserves, sluggish export growth, deteriorating economic ...

Senate readies new bill to revitalize livestock, poultry and corn industries

Mike Clarkson

January 13, 2022

Trade Liberalization

Senators are gearing up to draft a bill that seeks to bankroll programs that would revitalize the livestock, poultry and corn industries to increase farmers’ income while reducing prices of meat for Filip...

To become Asia’s second economy India needs to join regional integration

Mike Clarkson

January 9, 2022

Trade Liberalization

A view of a production line of a smartphone factory in India. File Photo: VCGIn spite of the continuous waves from the COVID-19 pandemic, many still maintain high expectations on the Indian economy as one lat...

Congress urged to pass final set of tax reforms

Mike Clarkson

January 7, 2022

Trade Liberalization

President Duterte’s chief economic manager on Friday said he remained hopeful that Congress will pass a couple of measures as part of the administration’s comprehensive tax reform program, following the progr...

Biden Following Trump’s Lead Dims The Outlook For U.S. Trade

Mike Clarkson

January 4, 2022

Trade Liberalization

A U.S. flag flies near containers stacked high on a cargo ship at the Port of Los Angeles on ... September 28, 2021, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)...

House leaders tout role in providing the best ‘weapon’ to fight Covid in 2021 and 2022

Mike Clarkson

December 31, 2021

Trade Liberalization

DESCRIBING 2022 as “a crucial year for our country,” leaders of the House of Representatives are one in saying that the economic measures they approved as well as the P5.024-trillion proposed national bud...

Vietnam’s journey and lessons for Pakistan—II – Opinion

Mike Clarkson

December 29, 2021

Trade Liberalization

Pakistan also experiences barriers to international trade such as high import tariffs which make exports less profitable. Exports are largely dependent on the agriculture sector which has not been able to work ...

Biden’s Indo-Pacific economic framework may shape race with China in 2022 – Asia and Pacific

Mike Clarkson

December 26, 2021

Trade Liberalization

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EAC leaders pave way for prompt admission of DR Congo | The New Times

Mike Clarkson

December 22, 2021

Trade Liberalization

East African Community (EAC) leaders have recommended that imminent negotiations paving way for DR Congo’s admission into the bloc be undertaken with speed and efficiency. This was as the EAC H...

Dominguez OK to import more pork until 2022

Mike Clarkson

December 13, 2021

Trade Liberalization

With almost P3.7 billion in foregone revenues to date due to lower tariffs yet still expensive pork and a supply shortage prevailing up to yearend, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III on Monday said he sup...

Farmers’ group urges senators to reject RCEP trade agreement

Mike Clarkson

December 7, 2021

Trade Liberalization

A farmers’ group on Tuesday urged the Senate to reject the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement when it is presented for plenary deliberation this month. In a news stateme...

Permanent tariff cuts on meat, feeds pitched

Mike Clarkson

December 5, 2021

Trade Liberalization

THE government must lower tariffs on meat and feed products permanently and allocate revenues from these imported goods to boost domestic production in order to make food items, particularly meat, cheaper...

America ain’t back at the WTO – POLITICO

Mike Clarkson

November 24, 2021

Trade Liberalization

Press play to listen to this article GENEVA — U.S. President Joe Biden declared back in February that "America is back," but it doesn't feel that way in Geneva. In the run-up ...

Oil Industry key To Africa Free Trade Agreement

Mike Clarkson

November 19, 2021

Trade Liberalization

Technological advancements in the African oil and gas industry and proceeds from operations will play significant roles in industrializing the continent and actualizing the goals of the African Contine...

Xi to attend APEC leaders’ meeting, reflects China’s commitment to regional economic integration

Mike Clarkson

November 10, 2021

Trade Liberalization

APEC File photo:VCGChinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 28th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting in Beijing via video link on Friday and deliver an important speech, and...

APEC leaders meeting to chart path forward from pandemic | Nation And World

Mike Clarkson

November 9, 2021

Trade Liberalization

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counte...

Global value chain approach for expanding APEC environmental goods list pushed

Mike Clarkson

November 7, 2021

Trade Liberalization

The APEC List of Environmenta...

Kyodo News Digest: Nov. 4, 2021

Mike Clarkson

November 4, 2021

Trade Liberalization

Environmental group members call for Japan to stop financing fossil fuels in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 2, 2021, while the 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference of the Parties, known as COP...

British Chamber optimistic for PH economic liberalization

Mike Clarkson

November 1, 2021

Trade Liberalization

ANC’s Market Edge Raine Musn...

Harvesting another trade war | TheHill

Mike Clarkson

October 29, 2021

Trade Liberalization

For about 70 years, the United States was the major architect and proponent of global rules-based trade. Through foresight and bipartisan persistence, the U.S. worked to lower trade barriers around the world an...

Economic legislation to attract more UK companies to PH

Mike Clarkson

October 28, 2021

Trade Liberalization

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, October 28) — Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the British Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (BCCP) said companies from the United Kingdom remain confident about...

Dismal investment record | Inquirer Opinion

Mike Clarkson

October 24, 2021

Trade Liberalization

Despite having a highly-skilled, English-speaking workforce, a favorable geographical location in a region that has seen the fastest growth rates in the world, and efforts to improve the ease of doing busine...

The Case for Economic Arms Control

Mike Clarkson

October 23, 2021

Trade Liberalization

THE RISE of China as a great power in all dimensions—military, economic, and diplomatic—has ended the unipolar era that followed the Cold War—if such an era ever truly existed. Instead of producing a bipolar w...

Global Third Party Logistics (3PL) Market to Reach $1.3 Trillion by 2026

Mike Clarkson

October 18, 2021

Trade Liberalization

Abstract: Global Third Party Logistics (3PL) Market to Reach $1. 3 Trillion by 2026 . Third party logistics (3PL), also known as TPL, refers to the outsourcing of logistics operations, which could include using...

The economic mistakes of the Duterte administration

Mike Clarkson

October 17, 2021

Trade Liberalization

PCOO.GOV.PH This article is not meant to denigrate the economic achievements of the Duterte administration, nor to say the administration has achieved nothing but blunders. In fact, fro...

Trade can play a pivotal role in addressing climate change

Mike Clarkson

October 14, 2021

Trade Liberalization

Economies in the Asia-Pacific region need to urgently reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including to maintain their trade competitiveness as carbon taxes at borders threaten to rise, according to...

Farmers seek gov’t shield vs vegetable smuggling

Mike Clarkson

October 5, 2021

Trade Liberalization

FRESHNESS OVERLOAD In this photo taken in October 2020, business at the vegetable trading post in the Benguet capital town of La Trinidad continues as assorted fresh produce are unloaded there daily for shipme...

British Chamber: Passage of economic reforms to renew investors’ interests

Mike Clarkson

October 5, 2021

Trade Liberalization

British Chamber of Commerce ...

Only more industrialists like Dangote  can develop Nigerian economy exponentially

Mike Clarkson

October 3, 2021

Trade Liberalization

From Emmanuel Adeyemi Lokoja President of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) Dr. Mujtaba Abubakar has said that for Nigeria to develop its economy exponentially,...

Free Trade With China Is Still Good For Us All – OpEd – Eurasia Review

Mike Clarkson

October 3, 2021

Trade Liberalization

By Anne Rathbone Bradley* Despite pushback from both left and right, free markets should always be supported, because they free people to live out their potential—even in despotic regimes like China’s Doug I...

Ghana: FDA Launches Campaign Against Substandard, Fake Medicine

Mike Clarkson

October 1, 2021

Trade Liberalization

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has launched the Western Regional Substandard/Falsified Medicines Communication Campaign in Takoradi aimed at combating substandard and falsified medicines in the country. T...

DOF Economic Bulletin on FDIs, First Semester of 2021

Mike Clarkson

September 30, 2021

Trade Liberalization

DOF View The year-on-year recovery of FDI during the first semester of the year suggests that the Philippines’ long-term prospects remain positive.  A prudent and calibrated response to the risks posed b...

WR: FDA launches Substandard and Falsified Medicines Communication Campaign

Mike Clarkson

September 28, 2021

Trade Liberalization

Communication Campaign As part of its collective commitment to ensure that quality, safe and efficacious medical products are available in the Ghanaian market, the Food and Drugs Auth...

UNCTAD praises growth but sees wide inequality

Mike Clarkson

September 28, 2021

Trade Liberalization

It stresses product diversification to fit in competitive market FE REPORT | Published: September 28, 2021 15:03:35 Bangladesh has recorded sustained growth over the decades following restructuring b...

Smuggled carrots flooding markets alarm Benguet farmers

Mike Clarkson

September 26, 2021

Trade Liberalization

PROUDLY LOCAL Despite the drop in demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Benguet farmers continue to produce salad vegetables, like carrots, beans, lettuce, cabbage and cauliflower, in 2020 and this year....

Promotion of CPEC and China-Pakistan relations

Mike Clarkson

September 24, 2021

Trade Liberalization

On May 21 this year, Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged a congratulatory message with Pakistani President Arif Alvi to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of China-Pakistan diplomatic relati...

Quantifying the impact on Nigeria of the African Continental Free Trade Area

Mike Clarkson

September 22, 2021

Trade Liberalization

While there is a general optimism around the promise of the newly in-force African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), like any other free trade agreement (FTA), it will inevitably create winners an...

ADB maintains growth outlook for Philippines

Mike Clarkson

September 22, 2021

Trade Liberalization

The Philippine economy is showing signs of recovery but faces threats from more contagious coronavirus variants, the Asian Development Bank said. — PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS By Beatrice M. Lafor...

China Launches Bid to Join CPTPP Trade Pact

Mike Clarkson

September 21, 2021

Trade Liberalization

China has officially launched its bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). On Sept. 16, Beijing filed its formal application to become part of the 11...

Global Cold Chain Storage Market Report 2021: Industry Analysis, Trends, Market Size, and Forecasts 2019-2027 – ResearchAndMarkets.com

Mike Clarkson

September 16, 2021

Trade Liberalization

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Cold Chain Storage Market: Global Industry Analysis, Trends, Market Size, and Forecasts up to 2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The repo...

DoF, NEDA back looser lockdown

Mike Clarkson

September 8, 2021

Trade Liberalization

PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS ECONOMIC MANAGERS said the government should loosen lockdown restrictions and let vaccinated Filipinos move more freely, a day after the Inter-Agency Tas...

Upgrade of Philippine income status hinges on manufacturing – NEDA

Mike Clarkson

August 28, 2021

Trade Liberalization

Louise Maureen Simeon - The Philippine StarAugust 29, 2021 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Boosting the m...

ECCP calls for passing of key bills ahead of elections

Mike Clarkson

August 25, 2021

Trade Liberalization

MANILA – Before politici...

The G20’s COVID Agenda by Jeffrey Frankel

Mike Clarkson

August 23, 2021

Trade Liberalization

Heads of state and government from the world's largest economies will have plenty on their plate at this year's G20 summit in Rome on October 30-31. But with the COVID-19 pandemic still...

Policies Mandated by Multilateral Institutions Are Contributing to India’s COVID Catastrophe

Mike Clarkson

August 22, 2021

Trade Liberalization

After devastating India’s cities, COVID-19 is now ravaging the country’s hinterlands. Over half the new infections and deaths in the country are being reported from rural areas. In the small village of Shertha ...

DTI eyes AI research center by year-end

Mike Clarkson

August 21, 2021

Trade Liberalization

The Philippine StarAugust 22, 2021 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Trade and Industry (...

Sack Kraft Paper Market Next Big Thing – The Manomet Current

Mike Clarkson

August 17, 2021

Trade Liberalization

Coherent Market Insights published innovative data entitled Sack Kraft Paper Market This report uses an exploratory technique, such as primary and secondary research, which helps to discover the desired data. ...

DTI wants Metro shift to MECQ ASAP

Mike Clarkson

August 11, 2021

Trade Liberalization

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is pushing for a shift to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) at the soon...

Global Aircraft Electrification of the Propulsion System Market 2021 | Extensive Growth | Opportunities

Mike Clarkson

August 4, 2021

Trade Liberalization

Globalization and trade liberalization have made it significant for all enterprises including SMEs to become competitive on an intercontinental platform even if the company is operating in the market ...

Reimagining tomorrow | Joseph Araneta Gamboa

Mike Clarkson

August 3, 2021

Trade Liberalization

AMONG the three major sectors of the Philippine economy, agriculture was least affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. While the country’s GDP shrunk by 9.5% last year, the agriculture sector co...

‘Hugely reformist’ Duterte admin has done a lot to improve the economy, but has unfinished business

Mike Clarkson

July 23, 2021

Trade Liberalization

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 23) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration has done a lot in reforming the economy, but it still has some remaining business to take care of, the Asian Development Ban...

Dominguez pushes anew for passage of key economic reform bills

Mike Clarkson

July 21, 2021

Trade Liberalization

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III on Wednesday reiterated his call for Congress to pass the remaining economic reform measures of the Duterte administration which aim to further liberalize the economy, i...

A Perspective From A South African Human Rights Activist And Economist–Masana Ndinga-Kanga

Mike Clarkson

July 20, 2021

Trade Liberalization

TOPSHOT - Protesters gesture towards police officers (not seen) as they burn tires in Jeppestown, ... Johannesburg, on July 11, 2021. - Several shops are damaged and cars burnt in Jeppestown, Jo...

Xi urges APEC solidarity to fight COVID-19, promote economic recovery_英语频道_央视网(cctv.com)

Mike Clarkson

July 18, 2021

Trade Liberalization

-- Over the next three years, China will provide another 3 billion U.S. dollars in international aid to support COVID-19 response and economic and social recovery in other develop...

Leveraging free trade agreements for Pakistan’s export growth

Mike Clarkson

July 17, 2021

Trade Liberalization

|Shahid Sattar and Eman Ahmed Free trade agreements (FTAs) regulate trade by waiving off certain duties, taxes, and tariffs, aiming to reap maximum benefits from both countries’ comparative advantage positio...

Villafuerte calls for Congress action on ‘Balik Probinsya’ bill to create more jobs – Manila Bulletin

Mike Clarkson

July 17, 2021

Trade Liberalization

Camarines Sur Representative Luis Raymun “LRay” Villafuerte on Saturday, July 17, welcomed the creation of the National Employment Recovery Strategy (NERS) Task Force that would pursue the implemen...

Surfactants Market Size to Reach Revenues of USD 56.3 Billion by 2026

Mike Clarkson

July 13, 2021

Trade Liberalization

CHICAGO, July 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In-depth analysis and data-driven insights on the impact of COVID-19 included in this global surfactants market report.Arizton_LogoThe surfactants market is expected to...

Looking back at Duterte’s Sona promises

Mike Clarkson

July 10, 2021

Trade Liberalization

(First of a series) MANILA, Philippines — With a year left in his term, President Rodrigo Duterte is set to deliver his sixth and final State of the Nation Address (Sona) on July 26. In his first Sona in 2...

British chamber urges passage of 3 measures

Mike Clarkson

July 7, 2021

Trade Liberalization

The British Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (BCCP) urged the government to immediately pass the proposed Public Services Act (PSA), Foreign Investment Act and the Retail Trade Liberalization ...

Let’s move political debates from partisan discussions – CPP

Mike Clarkson

July 3, 2021

Trade Liberalization

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has called for a shift in political debates from partisanship to programmatic evaluations of the vision carved out for Ghana. The Party opined th...

Trade Minister commissions detergent manufacturing plant in Tema

Mike Clarkson

July 1, 2021

Trade Liberalization

Trades and Industry Minister, Alan K. Kyerematen.The Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen has joined major stakeholders to commission a state-of-the-art detergent manufacturing plant owned ...

Good riddance? Fast-track fades away

Mike Clarkson

June 30, 2021

Trade Liberalization

The latest iteration of the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), the “Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015,” colloquially known as “fast-track,” is set to expire on July 1, 20...

British Chamber calls for lower capital requirement in retail trade liberalization law

Mike Clarkson

June 27, 2021

Trade Liberalization

(Philstar.com) - June 27, 2021 - 11:04am (As released) Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel and internatio...

Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova present Associated Trio format at EU summit in Brussels

Mike Clarkson

June 25, 2021

Trade Liberalization

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia David Zalkaliani and acting Prime Minister, Minister of Fore...

Ireland pushes Israel to resolve the Palestinian conflict – opinion

Mike Clarkson

June 23, 2021

Trade Liberalization

Ireland’s relations with Israel have been in the news quite a bit recently, including in the pages of The Jerusalem Post. Many of the people who I meet in Israel these days feel that the Irish g...

Africa: An overview and update of trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement

Mike Clarkson

June 18, 2021

Trade Liberalization

In brief Trade under the African Continental Free Trade area is now underway and 36 countries, and counting, have ratified the agreement. Countries including South Africa and Ghana are early beneficiaries o...

Monetary meld

Mike Clarkson

June 16, 2021

Trade Liberalization

During the COVID-19 pandemic advanced economies have tapped their central banks for extensive liquidity support to their economies and to stave off an even deeper global economic crisis. African countri...

Breaking the Stasis: The Left Writes a New Chapter in Peru

Mike Clarkson

June 14, 2021

Trade Liberalization

Latin America  •  June 14, 2021  •  Yanis Iqbal On June 10, 2021, the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) published the results of the second round of elections to elect the...

Cold Chain Market Report Forecast to 2027 – Havi Logistics, Polar Express, Yusen Logistics – KSU

Mike Clarkson

June 13, 2021

Trade Liberalization

Growing penetration of connected devices and automation of cold stores around the world is expected to drive that growth. The increasing number of organized retail stores in emerging markets is leading to i...

An open China is a boon to global economy

Mike Clarkson

June 10, 2021

Trade Liberalization

Before the 1970s, many people were struggling to fill their bellies, let alone pampering themselves with a shopping spree. China's reform and opening-up policy altered the country's course of development.Si...

Why NYSC members should take advantage of non-oil export business

Mike Clarkson

June 8, 2021

Trade Liberalization

Our Reporter Youths serving under the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme in Oyo State have been enjoined to consider non-oil exports as a way of creating jobs for the...

Canada strengthen ties with Asia – Pacific region

Mike Clarkson

June 6, 2021

Trade Liberalization

(MENAFN - Caribbean News Global) Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, Mary Ng By Caribbean News Global OTTAWA, Canada – Mary Ng, mi...

Absence of competition keeps PH sugar prices high – Manila Bulletin

Mike Clarkson

June 5, 2021

Trade Liberalization

Liberalization will help address the competition concerns hounding the Philippines’ sugar industry, which is keeping the prices of the sweetener high. In a forum organized by Philippine Competit...

Senate adjourns with 72 bills enacted into law

Mike Clarkson

June 4, 2021

Trade Liberalization

Paolo Romero (The Philippine Star) - June 5, 2021 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The Senate adjourned ...

House reso commends Speaker – Manila Standard Mobile

Mike Clarkson

June 3, 2021

Trade Liberalization

The House of Representatives adopted on Wednesday night a resolution commending Speaker Lord Allan Velasco’s competent, constructive, and decisive leadership during the Second Regular Sessio...

Why the New Kazungula Bridge Is Important

Mike Clarkson

May 31, 2021

Trade Liberalization

The completion of the road and rail bridge linking Zambia and Botswana – the Kazungula Bridge and One-Stop Border Post over the Zambezi River – has been hailed as the solution to the congestion prevalent at ...

Promoting multilateralism, together with Indonesia – Opinion

Mike Clarkson

May 30, 2021

Trade Liberalization

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