Liberalization - Matches

Weigh in on the pros and cons of trade liberalization in the Philippine tourism industry. What does “trade liberalization” mean?..

To familiarize everyone with key socioeconomic terms and concepts, we have this new social media series. For this week, our buzzword is “touris..

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement can help realign Philippine economic reforms and be a driving force to become more ag..

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) are expec..

Amid the signing of various trade agreements defining trade rules and commitments for economies globally, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partners..

Much progress has been made in pursuing liberalization of agricultural trade in the Philippines. However, some significant tariff and non-tariff barri..

Tariffication of quantitative restrictions on rice imports was a key policy reform of the Duterte administration. This study reviews recent trends in ..

The Rice Liberalization Act (RA 11203), signed last February 2019, reverses decades-long policy of placing quantitative restrictions on rice importati..

The first issue of the Development Research News (DRN) for 2019 underscores the need to revisit the country’s regulations in view of today&rsquo..

This Policy Note analyzes the taxes imposed by the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Act and their impact on the liberalization thrust..

For agriculture to be successful, agribusiness is critical. An agriculture commodity will not provide revenues unless it is produced and sold. Thus, a..

Manila and Washington are now exploring a potential free-trade agreement (FTA) to deepen the economic relationship between the two countries, as discu..

Manila is sending a mission to Washington later this month to begin preliminary talks on the US-Philippines free-trade agreement (FTA) that was discus..

President Duterte, taking cue from complaints aired by US President Donald J. Trump that Japanese-made vehicles are being assessed tariff rates consid..