(Published in the Manila Standard under the Greenlight column on November 6, 2006) "Our businessmen come to Nanning looking for products as candidates for integrative trade with China,” President Arroyo said at the opening ceremonies of the 3rd China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) and the 3rd China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (CABIS) on October 31, in Nanning, China. She further said that Filipino businessmen participated in the expo "looking not only for products to bring home, but for industries where Chinese and ASEAN manufacturing can collaborate to produce for our own domestic markets and for the rest of the world." This was an opportune time for Filipino businessmen and executives participants, who will be part of the strengthening of “integrative trade” within the East Asian region to reduce dependence for exports on Western markets. Managing in an unpredictable environment But perhaps what is more important for the Filipino participants to learn from this exhibitio
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