THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is working on a new strategy to boost the manufacturing output in another potential sector similar to what was done in the car-making industry under the Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategy Program (CARS Program).

“We’re still studying it. We’re looking outside the CARS Program—but similar approach—just to support the production of the local content of that sector,” Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez told reporters over the weekend.

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