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Canada is a Natural Partner   Canada is a huge and diversified market. Its merchandise imports were approximately C$789 billion in 2025. At the same time, Canada is deliberately diversifying its trade relationships beyond the US and strengthening its economic ties with the Indo-Pacific.  ...

(2nd of 2 Parts)   Layer 2: Governing Predictive Machine Learning Objective: ensure that probabilistic outputs remain accurate, stable, and ethically sound over time.   Predictive systems are used to score credit applicants, price insurance contracts, detect financial fraud, forecast demand, and screen job candidates....

(First of two parts) Most organizations didn’t adopt AI with a single decision. Business Intelligence (BI) dashboards evolved into predictive systems, then generative AI tools, and now autonomous agents acting on the enterprise鈥檚 behalf. Each new capability introduces distinct risks and requires tailored controls. Governance...

As generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) makes polished work easier to produce, leaders must learn to distinguish genuine capability from its convincing appearance.   Imagine walking into a room wearing a Rolex Daytona. From across the table, everything looks right: the proportions, the ceramic bezel, the...

Recently, I had the privilege of speaking and moderating at an ASEAN business forum, where business leaders discussed the region鈥檚 future competitiveness.   The discussions centered on infrastructure, trade facilitation, digitalization, and regional economic integration. These are important priorities that I fully support.   However,...

Part 2 of 2 Parts   The trade agreements past and present guaranteed market access to every firm. What we want to explore is what happens between the day the market opened, and the day a firm starts earning something from it. In that space...

Part 1 of 2 Parts   Much has been said about enabling policy environment in trade, but we need to ask what that environment means from the perspective of the people and businesses who must live with the policies. When the world changes, the first...

The country today is experiencing a crisis arising from the gross inequality in the distribution of income and wealth, and the inaccessibility of economic opportunities to a large segment of the population that is mired in poverty.   To be sure, the Philippine Statistics Authority...

Open almost any annual report across the Philippines and Southeast Asia, and one will inevitably find 鈥渋ntegrity鈥� listed among corporate values. It is universal, reassuring, and rarely questioned. Yet this raises a critical issue for boards in our region. Do we truly practice integrity, or...