The Philippines has formally expressed its interest to join another mega free trade agreement (FTA) after signing the world’s largest trade deal backed by China late last year.
The Philippines, through the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), wants to be part of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), an FTA signed by 11 Asia-Pacific countries. Trade and Industry Undersecretary Ceferino Rodolfo said Secretary Ramon Lopez of the DTI has written to New Zealand, as the depository country of the CPTPP, that the Philippines intended to join the group.
Rodolfo, speaking during a business forum called Make it Happen in the Philippines, also sa…
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