{"id":131517,"date":"2017-11-15T20:54:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T01:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=131517"},"modified":"2017-11-15T20:54:44","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T01:54:44","slug":"ph-eyed-as-investment-hub-for-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/15\/ph-eyed-as-investment-hub-for-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"PH eyed as investment hub for Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_110074\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110074\" style=\"width: 5500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/shutterstock_173479733.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-110074\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/shutterstock_173479733.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cThe two leaders pledged to nurture economic ties, including private sector cooperation, to create jobs and opportunities for people in both countries,&quot; the statement read. (Shutterstock photo)\" width=\"5500\" height=\"3602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/shutterstock_173479733.jpg 5500w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/shutterstock_173479733-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/shutterstock_173479733-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/shutterstock_173479733-1024x671.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5500px) 100vw, 5500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cThe two leaders pledged to nurture economic ties, including private sector cooperation, to create jobs and opportunities for people in both countries,&#8221; the statement read. (Shutterstock photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014 The Philippines and the United States have committed to strengthen dialogues for innovation and sharing of best practices in technology to optimize the country\u2019s position &#8220;as a preferred destination for American investments in the Asia-Pacific region&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe two sides decided to further deepen the extensive US-Philippine economic relationship,&#8221; said a joint statement released by the Department of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>During President Rodrigo Duterte and President Donald Trump&#8217;s bilateral meeting, ways to expand on their mutual commitment to free, fair and balanced trade that increases economic opportunity for all were discussed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe two leaders pledged to nurture economic ties, including private sector cooperation, to create jobs and opportunities for people in both countries,&#8221; the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>The two states also recognized the importance of regular discussions under the US-Philippines Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) to strengthen trade relationship by continuing to make progress in market access related to agricultural products, intellectual property, customs and labor, among others.<\/p>\n<p>On the part of Washington, the Philippines\u2019 interest in a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) was &#8220;welcomed&#8221; and both sides agreed to discuss the matter further through the US\u2013Philippines TIFA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014 The Philippines and the United States have committed to strengthen dialogues for innovation and sharing of best practices in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":110074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[33436,33437],"class_list":["post-131517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","tag-ph-eyed-as-investment-hub-for-americans","tag-philippines-and-the-united-states","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}