The Professional Regulation Commission announced Monday that 1,266 out of 2,478 examinees passed the Customs Broker Licensure Examination given this month.
The exam was given by the members of the Board for Customs Brokers in Manila, Cebu, and Davao.
Jhary-Jay Ybanez Loyola from the Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Colleges topped the exam with a rating of 94 percent.
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Complying with the proposed US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that replaces Nafta will be expensive for those in the automotive supply chain and could prove unworkable for some, according to John Bozzella, president and CEO of the Association of Global Automakers in the US.
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G20 economies applied a record number of trade-restrictive measures between mid-May and mid-October this year, prompting the World Trade Organization (WTO) to call for immediate action to de-escalate global trade conflicts.
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The UK government has published a series of 106 ‘technical papers’ providing advice to companies on preparing for a No Deal Brexit. This is obviously a lot for anyone to digest and so we have summarised the key points here for you.
We do however recommend that you read in full any paper that covers a critical element for your business.
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Reducing trade costs is essential for economies to effectively use trade as an engine of growth and sustainable development. Trade facilitation plays a pivotal role in reducing trade costs, on top of existing efforts to dismantle tariff and non-tariff barriers and enhance physical connectivity.
A Dutch customs expert has told MPs that the problem over the Irish border question in Brexit is “a fictitious problem”. Hans Massen, a former chairman of the Dutch Association of Customs Brokers, made the claim while giving evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee in Westminster yesterday.
Hans Massen, a former chairman of the Dutch Association of Customs Brokers, made the claim while giving evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee in Westminster yesterday.
Singapore (ANTARA News) - Heads of State of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) participants-ASEAN Member States and ASEAN`s free trade agreement partners -- Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand -- agreed to conclude RCEP negotiations in 2019.
YANGON, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's Union Parliament has ratified the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Agreemnt on e-commerce, Myanmar News Agency reported Friday.
The approval was made on Thursday at the 10th session of the Union Parliament in Nay Pyi Taw.
The ASEAN economic ministers signed the ASEAN Agreement on e-commerce Wednesday on the sidelines of the summit of the ASEAN and related meetings in Singapore.
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To promote cross-border commerce within the region, regional trade rules on e-commerce will be streamlined and operating barriers to entry for businesses will be lowered.
With its burgeoning middle class and a new generation of tech-savvy consumers, ASEAN is poised for an e-commerce boom. The regional e-commerce market is expected to balloon to US$88 billion by 2025, from US$10 billion in 2017.
Japan, China and 14 other Asia-Pacific countries are unlikely to meet their goal of reaching a substantial conclusion on the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership free trade pact by the end of the year, a Japanese trade ministry official said.
Leaders of the 16 countries, set to meet in Singapore on Wednesday, are unlikely to declare that the RCEP talks have reached a substantial conclusion, the official said Monday.
