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Van Fleet, said "if you just compete based on price, it will not be a long-term competitive strategy." He pointed out that exporters from India, Thailand and China could easily undercut Filipino exporters.

Accordingly, Van Fleet advised Filipino exporters to move toward more value-added albeit higher priced exports.
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Mark van Fleet, managing director for international business development of the US Chamber of Commerce, said yesterday that the chamber has an international business partnering program designed to help foreign companies meet the right partners in the US for trade, investment, buying and selling.

"The program benefits both parties in terms of better relations," Van Fleet said.
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Philippine Small and Medium Business Development Foundation (Philsmed) president Mina Gabor said yesterday that government should channel more of its business to SMEs.

"This the government can do by amending the Magna Carta for SMEs wherein there will be a provision allocating at least 35 percent of all government procurement to SMEs," Gabor said.

She said SMEs actually comprise 99.9 percent of all businesses in the Philippines.
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Van Fleet, said "if you just compete based on price, it will not be a long-term competitive strategy." He pointed out that exporters from India, Thailand and China could easily undercut Filipino exporters.

Accordingly, Van Fleet advised Filipino exporters to move toward more value-added albeit higher priced exports.
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Mark van Fleet, managing director for international business development of the US Chamber of Commerce, said yesterday that the chamber has an international business partnering program designed to help foreign companies meet the right partners in the US for trade, investment, buying and selling.

"The program benefits both parties in terms of better relations," Van Fleet said.
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Philippine Small and Medium Business Development Foundation (Philsmed) president Mina Gabor said yesterday that government should channel more of its business to SMEs.

"This the government can do by amending the Magna Carta for SMEs wherein there will be a provision allocating at least 35 percent of all government procurement to SMEs," Gabor said.

She said SMEs actually comprise 99.9 percent of all businesses in the Philippines.
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