Pearl Hotel venue for export/import forum.
The Pearl Hotel Manila at the corner of UN Avenue and Taft shall be the venue for the seminar on import/export procedures and documentation to be held on Jan. 13 (Sat.) from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. With the Makati Institute for Business Development at ground floor...

Auto parts makers ask for incentives.
Byline: BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT Local auto parts makers are asking government to grant incentives to participants in the proposed Philippine Utility Vehicle (PhUV) Program, which proposes the production from completely-knocked down (CKD) kits of brand new vehicles at the price of a used vehicle but with a high...

Lies, damned lies, and trade statistics: North American integration and the exaggeration of Canadian exports.
I. INTRODUCTION The pervasive notion that Canada is extraordinarily dependent on trade influences debates about foreign policy, domestic policy, and even the future of Confederation. Many commentators argue that securing access to foreign markets should trump other interests and values in formulating Canadian policy. Influential Canadians have...

Trade policy, open regionalism and NAFTA: the socio-economic context for Japanese automobile investments in North America.
Abstract This paper examines the investment strategies of Japanese automakers in the context of evolving U.S. and Canadian trade policy. The trade imbalance and trade disputes between the United States and Japan set the policy context. In the 1980s, the U.S. trade deficit with Japan for goods...

Patterns of industrial performance in South Africa in the first decade of democracy: the continued influence of minerals-based activities.
Abstract Despite major restructuring of industry in South Africa under trade liberalisation, a review of sectoral patterns of development reveals strong elements of continuity. The article explores these patterns, and focuses on two main themes. The first is whether and what diversification has occurred within manufacturing industry...

Ford Phils. marks export milestone.
Byline: BERNIE CAHILESMAGKILAT Ford Group Philippines expects robust exports of completely built-up (CBU) pack this year with the production of Ford Focus, its newest export model. This was announced by Henry Co, president of Ford Group Philippines at yesterdays ceremony marking the companys 30,000th export...

Auto parts industry going to pieces.
Byline: Chanchal Pal Chauhan NEW DELHI: Fat sourcing deals. Million-dollar acquisition stories. Bulge-wallet reserves. India's auto component companies never had it so good, right? Well, not exactly. Behind the deal frenzy and sourcing saga, there's an alternative reality - of margin squeeze, competitive pressure and search for...

RP protests non-tariff barriers slapped by Malaysia on automotive imports.
Byline: BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT The Philippines will raise the non-tariff barriers (NTBs) imposed by Malaysia on automotive imports at the forthcoming ASEAN Economic Ministers meeting this month in Singapore. An official source said this was the recommendation of the technical body of the Committee Tariff and...

1000 c.c. engine CKD imports given zero duty.
Byline: BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT Assemblers of small automotive vehicles with 1,000 c.c. or 1.0 liter engine are entitled to zero duty on their importation of completely knockeddown packs as the government is bent on encouraging the assembly of fuelefficient cars. The revival of the CKD privilege...

25 years of Filipino-Vietnamese friendship.
ON July 12, 1976, the Philippines and Vietnam established diplomatic relations on the ambassadorial level. Since then, the two nations have come closer to each other. Exchanges of visits between their heads of government and ministers have reinforced the trust and goodwill between these two memberstates of the Association...