PH, India eye ties in BPO and pharma sectors
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) invited Indian players in the pharmaceutical industry to tap business opportunities in the Philippines, as the two countries target to strengthen cooperation.
Being the top countries for information technology (IT) and business process outsourcing (BPO), the Philippines and India also target to boost cooperation on telemedicine, health information management, software development, and IT solutions and online learning. They also included energy and agriculture sectors as priorities for future partnerships.
The two countries held its 13th Joint Working Group on Trade and Investments (JWGTI) on September 17 where they met and identified sectors where both countries aim to strengthen cooperation.