Syllabus of the Subject: Foreign Trade and Business in the Philippines - Manila.
- Introduction to the Republic of the Philippines (Southeast Asia ASEAN);
- Doing Business in Manila;
- Philippine Economy;
- Philippine International Trade;
- Foreign Direct Investment in the Philippines;
- Business Opportunities in the Philippines:
- Electronics;
- Software development;
- BPO;
- Cement;
- Renewable energy.
- Case Study
- San Miguel Corporation;
- SM Group.
- Access to the Philippine market;
- Business Plan for the Philippines.
The objectives of the subject “International Trade and Business in the Republic of the Philippines” are the following:
- To analyze the Philippine Economy and Global Trade;
- To know the business opportunities in the Republic of the Philippines;
- To explore the Philippine trade relations with the country of the student;
- To know the Philippine Trade Agreements;
- To examine the profile of Philippine companies;
- To develop a business plan for the Philippine market.

Global Trade and Business in the Philippines:


Masters and Doctorate in Global Business adapted to the
Filipino students.
International Trade and Business in the Philippines.

Economic Corridors related to the Philippines:
- Access to the
East-West Economic Corridor (Myanmar-Thailand-Laos-Vietnam);
- Access to the Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor





Asian Trade and Economic Organizations:
- Asian Development Bank;
- Colombo Plan;
- Boao Forum for Asia;
- Asia Cooperation Dialogue;
- ESCAP;
- East Asia-Latin America Cooperation;
- Africa-Asia Strategic Partnership;
- Asia-Middle East Dialogue (AMED).

Global Organizations:
- UN
- UNCTAD;
- ITC;
- UNCITRAL;
- WIPO.
- WB;
- WTO;
- Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PEEC);
- IMF.

The Republic of the Philippines:
- Philippine Capital: Manila;
- The largest city of the Philippines: Quezon City;
- The Philippine official languages are Filipino (Tagalog) and English
- In the Philippines, they are nineteen recognized regional language;
- Spanish and Arabic are also used.
- Philippine Area: 300,000 km²;
- Philippine Population: 102 million people;
- The main Philippine ethnic groups are Visayan (34%), Tagalog (28%), Ilocano (10%), and Bicolano (7%);
- Type of Government of the Philippines: Unitary Presidential Constitutional Republic;
- Independence of the Philippines:
- 1898 (from
Spain);
- 1946 (from the United States).
- Maritime borders of the Philippines:
Indonesia, Malaysia,
Palau, Taiwan and Vietnam.
Main religion in the Philippines: Christianity (Catholicism:
75 million) and Islam (10%).

Philippine Economy.
The Republic of the Philippines is one of the fastest economies in South-east Asia.
- The Philippines is the 39th largest economy in the World;
- Philippine GDP: 289.686 billion dollars;
- The Philippines is a newly industrialized country and one of the Next Eleven economies;
- Philippine agricultural sector: 14% of the GDP and 32% of the labour force;
- Industry: 30% of the GDP and 14% of the workforce;
- Services sector of the Philippines: 56% of the GDP and the 47% of the workers;
- The Republic of the Philippines is an excellent platform for
international business;
- The Philippines is strategically located in the middle of two important Foreign Trade routes: The Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea;
- The Philippines is one of the top ten gold producers in the World;
- Key emerging sectors of the Philippine economy: electronics, business process outsourcing, and software development;
- Philippine Currency: Peso (PHP);
- Unemployment rate in the Philippines: 6%.



International Trade of the Philippines.
- The Philippines is the largest copper exporter in Southeast Asia;
- Top trading partners of the Philippines are the U.S., and Hong Kong, and Hong Kong;
- Top exports products of the Philippines: semiconductors, electronic products,
Transport equipment, garments, copper products, and petroleum;
- The Philippine company “Madagascar International Container Terminal Services” manages the Toamasina Autonomous Port.
Foreign direct investment (FDI).
Foreign investors are allowed to invest 100% equity in companies occupied in nearly all types of business activities.

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