Philippine President Benigno Aquino III and US President Barack Obama will meet at the White House in Washington, D.C. this Spring. President Obama extended the invitation to President Aquino during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Indonesia last November. The U.S. Ambassador to Manila recently confirmed that the invitation [...] Read more »
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Philippines to Rationalize Fiscal Incentives
by PACC January 8, 2012 » Add the first comment.
The Philippine Department of Finance is reviewing a fiscal incentives bill passed by the House of Representatives before it is deliberated upon by the Senate. The rationalization of fiscal incentives is among the top priorities of leading business groups including The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), the country’s most influential and biggest business [...] Read more »
USTDA Supports Connectivity and Trade in ASEAN Region
by PACC November 22, 2011 » Add the first comment.
President Obama and his counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) announced the U.S.-ASEAN Connectivity Cooperation Initiative, to be implemented by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) in cooperation with the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council and its member companies. By launching this Initiative, USTDA is forming a partnership between the U.S. government [...] Read more »