WHILE some Philippine products already enjoy duty-free entry to the United States, Manila remains interested in negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) with Washington, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said on Tuesday.

Chances of securing an FTA with one of the country’s largest trading partners have vastly improved with the Trump administration preferring to negotiate bilateral, instead of regional, trade deals, the Cabinet official told reporters at the sidelines of the general membership meeting of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) in Makati City.

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