TRADE Secretary Alfredo Pascual said the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will also aim to generate quality jobs for Filipinos through industrialization and emphasized the vital role of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in economic development.

During the post-State of the Nation Address economic briefing, which the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas hosted on Tuesday at the Philippine International Convention Center, Pascual said that industrialization should be the focus of economic development to generate higher-quality and better-paying jobs for Filipinos.

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