‘PH should prepare for TPP membership’Philippines should prepare for membership in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to allow the country to capture US markets and catch up with trade volumes in the region, outgoing Philippine ambassador to the US, Jose Cuisia Jr., said. I am saying we should be ready for that, we should prepare ourselves, [so] we can be in the second batch. “And I’m hopeful that the secretary of Trade and Industry [Ramon Lopez] and Undersecretary [Ceferino] Rodolfo will pursue the Philippine membership in TPP,” he added. The Philippines, he said, should “pursue our membership in the TPP or Trans-Pacific Partnership” even with the change in administration from Benigno Aquino 3rd to Rodrigo Duterte. “If it is ratified, then when will they open up to a second batch?

Source: Manila Times July 29, 2016 13:30 UTC