
US tariff deal sparks relief for Swiss firms
Swiss business leaders breathed a sigh of relief Friday after Washington and Bern announced an agreement to more than halve the steep 39-percent tariffs…
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Swiss business leaders breathed a sigh of relief Friday after Washington and Bern announced an agreement to more than halve the steep 39-percent tariffs…
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The Economy and Development Council has now resolved to maintain this rate until the end of 2025 and implement a mechanism for adjusting MFN tariffs based on…
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Malacañang on Sunday issued Executive Order (EO) 105, extending the 15-percent tax on imported rice until 31 December 2025, while creating an inter-agency body…
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If we can queue properly for fish balls and kwek-kwek and turn throwing water at each other into a festival, surely we can figure out how to make our economy…
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) has set a minimum farmgate price of P210 per kilo for live hogs, after producers warned that plunging prices were pushing…
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A far more terrifying period in stock market history was just after the Asian financial crisis in 1997-1998.
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The DTI will adopt the Tariff Commission’s recommended P14 per 40 Kg or P349 per metric ton of Odinary Portland Cement Type 1 and Blended Cement for a period…
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The company clarified that most of its receivables represent future rental escalations that are not yet due and will only be billed according to the escalation…
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The concentration of chip manufacturing in Taiwan has long been seen as a ‘silicon shield’ protecting it from an invasion or blockade by China.
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The Department of Trade and Industry’s Bureau of International Trade Relations requested stakeholders to submit a detailed list of non-tariff measures for…
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When Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. assumed the presidency in June 2022, he made the unusual decision to name himself the secretary of agriculture. The decision, he…
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It sounds like a win for Filipino car lovers. But hold your horses. There’s a catch or several of them.
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Razon-led Manila Water Company Inc. (MWC) has unloaded its investment in Thailand’s Eastern Water Resources Development and Management Public Company Limited…
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We have this option to negotiate. We are a treaty ally of the US, and it is one of the many highlights of our current negotiation.
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Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri on Thursday sounded the alarm on the recently announced Philippine-United States tariff agreement, questioning whether the…
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‘While interest rates have eased considerably from their peak, erratic US trade policies will weigh on global investor sentiment and limit foreign direct…
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‘The Philippines did not gain any headway in the reciprocal tariffs, because we were given just a single percentage discount — from 20 percent to 19 percent.’
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India’s diplomacy is being tested on multiple fronts as its leaders juggle high-stakes conversations with France, Russia, and the United States, all while…
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