Philippines has its own strengths going into AEC 2015 ,e.g., governance improvements that led to stronger economic fundamentals and investment upgrades, and network of overseas Filipinos who bring information on markets, financing options, transferable technologies on top of continued foreign exchange remittances
The Philippines should also pay attention to its much neglected physical ports facilities through PPP, remove conflict-of-interest in regulatory agencies that own certain infrastructure, review its cabotage policy, and improve the efficiency of regulatory agencies and trade-related offices.