PH accession to WTO-GPA pushed

THE Philippines' accession to the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-GPA) and strengthening copyright enforcement are imperative as the country is poised for digital trade integration with its Asia-Pacific neighbors, according to the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) discussion paper.

PIDS supervising research specialist Neil Irwin Moreno and senior research fellow Francis Mark Quimba examined some notable low-hanging fruits that can be quickly adopted by the government for the country to be fully prepared for regional integration.