Tag: PCCI

PCCI appoints Nina Mangio as chair of 46th PBC&E which will tackle business challenges amid pandemic

  by Don Orozco EBC Contributing Writer @ Silicon Valley, California The country’s largest business organization, the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) has appointed Enunina Mangio as chair of the upcoming 46th Philippine Business Conference and Expo (PBCE) that will tackle business challenges and solutions to help businessmen amid the virus pandemic. The conference, to be held via ZOOM on October 7 to 8, brings together all the stakeholders of the Philippine business […]

PCCI members urged to transform their businesses for Industry 4.0

By Caesar Vallejos OPEN FOR BUSINESS, Eagle News Service Members of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) were urged to rethink their policies and strategies to prepare their businesses for the transformation that the digital revolution is bringing. “Workers, businesses and the government must prepare for the transformation,” PCCI President Ma. Alegria Limjoco said in her speech at the PCCI General Membership Meeting held at the Dusit Thani Hotel last March 12, 2019. […]

Geographical Indications: Taking the most out of Trade Preferences

Since December 2014, The Philippines is a beneficiary of the European Union’s special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance (‘GSP+’), providing trade preferences to over 6,000 products, including processed fruit and foodstuffs, coconut oil, footwear, fish and garments. GSP+ can benefit in particular agricultural exports where many tariffs are now zero percent. Geographical indications (GI) – signs used to identify a product as originating in the territory of a particular country, region or […]