Philippine Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship

The Philippine Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship is a standing committee of the Senate of the Philippines.

Committee on Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship
18th Congress
History
New session started	July 22, 2019
Leadership
Chairman	Koko Pimentel (PDP–Laban) since 2019
Minority Leader	Francis Pangilinan (Liberal) since 2019
Structure
Seats	9 members
Political groups	Majority (7)   Independents (2)   LDP (1)   Nacionalista (1)   NPC (1)   PDP–Laban (1)   UNA (1) Minority (2)   Liberal (2)

Jurisdiction

According to the Rules of the Senate,[1] the committee handles all matters relating to:

• Domestic and foreign trade and private corporations
• Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)
• Social enterprises
• Promotion of entrepreneurship and the regulation of entrepreneurial practice
• Patents, copyrights, trade names and trademarks
• Standards, weights, measures and designs
• Quality control, control and stabilization of prices of commodities
• Consumer protection
• Handicrafts and cottage industries
• Marketing of commodities

Members, 18th Congress

Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship has 9 members.

The President Pro Tempore, the Majority Floor Leader, and the Minority Floor Leader are ex officio members.

Here are the members of the committee in the 18th Congress as of September 24, 2020:[2]

Position	Member	Party
Chairperson	Koko Pimentel		PDP–Laban
Vice Chairpersons	Win Gatchalian		NPC
	Grace Poe		Independent
Members for the Majority	Richard Gordon		Independent
	Cynthia Villar		Nacionalista
	Sonny Angara		LDP
	Nancy Binay		UNA
Members for the Minority	Francis Pangilinan		Liberal
	Leila de Lima		Liberal

Committee secretary: Jingle Concon-Allam

See also

• List of Philippine Senate committees

References

1. "Rules of the Senate" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. July 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
2. "Senate Permanent Committees - 18th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. September 24, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2020.