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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 831 - CREATING
THE PHILIPPINES-UNITED STATES BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
WHEREAS,
the Philippines and the United States of America have a long history of
mutually beneficial economic relations;
WHEREAS, it is to the interest of the Philippines to further expand its
participation in the United States market and to attract American
capital in pioneering and preferred areas of investments;
WHEREAS, it would be timely for the Philippines to launch a major
initiative to expand trade and investments relations with the United
States to take advantage of the favorable interest shown by the
American business community on economic opportunities in the
Philippines generated by the President’s recently concluded State Visit
to the United States;
WHEREAS, it is necessary to coordinate and integrate the efforts of the
private sector and various government agencies engaged in trade and
investment promotion, with the program of work of the Philippine
diplomatic and consular posts in the United States into a single,
concerted effort so as to ensure the effective establishment of
priorities, the achievement of maximum results, and the avoidance of
wasteful duplication.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines by
virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order
the following:
Section 1.
Sec. 2.
1.
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Sec. 3.
There shall be an Executive Director who shall be the Special Trade
Representative of the Ministry of Trade and Industry presently assigned
to the Philippine Embassy to the United States who shall be responsible
for supervising the implementation of the Council’s work program.
The Council shall be composed of the following:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10. Two other
representatives of the private sector who shall be appointed for a term
of two
The Council shall have the responsibility of formulating its policies and preparing the annual work program to be submitted to the President for his approval.
The Chairman of the Council is hereby authorized to call on personnel from other government agencies and to engage the services of technical and administrative personnel as may be deemed necessary for the proper discharge of his duties and responsibilities.
The Council is further authorized to coordinate the activities of all U.S. consular posts, all service attaches, Philippine Centers, government-operated Philippine Houses, trading centers and other government corporations and their subsidiaries operating in the U.S. in connection with the effective and efficient implementation of the trade and investment promotion activities of the Council.
Sec. 4.
Sec. 5.
Sec. 6. Since 19.07.98.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 30th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and eighty-two.
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