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DTI UNDERSECRETARY CAROLINA SANCHEZ DISCUSSES ECONOMIC PROMOTION THRUSTS WITH PHILIPPINE CONSULATE GENERAL TORONTO, SUPPORT FOR SMEs AND FOOD SECURITY WITH MEDA
2024-02-09
(Left photo) Consul General Angelica C. Escalona with DTI Undersecretary and Chief of Staff Carolina P. Sanchez; (Right photo, L-R) Philippine Trade Commissioner Benedict Uy, MEDA Senior Vice President Lindsay Wallace, Consul General Angelica Escalona, Undersecretary Carol Sanchez, DTI Director Maria Guiza Lim and Consul Mary Grace Villamayor take a commemorative photo
01 February 2024 – Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Undersecretary and Chief of Staff Carol P. Sanchez, together with DTI Director Maria Guiza Lim and Philippine Trade and Investment Center-New York Trade Commissioner Benedict Uy, met officials of the Philippine Consulate General in Toronto led by Consul General Angelica C. Escalona to discuss the Philippine economic promotion thrusts in Canada.
North America continues to be market for Philippine IT-BPO services as well as electronics and semiconductors. The Philippines sees the aerospace industry, creative industries and AI technology as potentially beneficial areas of cooperation with Canada. The Philippines is also looking to attract investments from Canada, particularly for infrastructure.
Undersecretary Sanchez and the DTI and Philippine Consulate officials later met with Ms. Lindsay Wallace, Senior Vice President for Strategy and Impact of the Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA), a non-government organization working with small-scale cacao farmers in Mindanao to develop sustainable agri-food systems.
For more information on MEDA’s project in Mindanao, please visit https://www.meda.org/country/philippines/. END