WHILE being upbeat on the Philippine economy, foreign business leaders are also wary about the bottlenecks on the road to recovery that the government needs to remove.
Chris Nelson, executive director and trustee of the British Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, said his group is 'very much optimistic for the Philippines,' but 'obviously inflation is still a concern because that directly impacts the consumers.'
AS THEY SEE IT (From left) Jesper Svenningsen, executive director of the Nordic Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines; Lorens Ziller, executive director of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines; Chris Nelson, executive director of the British Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines join Dante ‘Klink’ Ang 2nd, chairman and CEO of The Manila Times, in a discussion on the Philippines’ economic recovery, the wealth fund and the business climate in the country, among others, at the Times office in Manila on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIA
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