Photo Release

World Trade Organization (WTO): Senator Loren Legarda (4th from left), together with Philippine Mission to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Chargé d’ Affaires, a.i. Mr. Arnel Marcos Sanchez (1st from left), Ambassador-Designate and incoming Permanent Representative to the WTO, Undersecretary Manuel AJ Teehankee (2nd from left), Philippine Ambassador to the United Nations Mr. Evan P. Garcia (5th from left), and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Undersecretary Dr. Ceferino S. Rodolfo (6th from left), met with WTO Director General Roberto Azevedo on March 27, 2018 at the WTO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland to submit a notification on the Philippines’ ratification of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with European Free Trade Association (EFTA) States. As Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Legarda sponsored and successfully sought the Senate’s concurrence in the President’s ratification of the treaty.