Philippine Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship

Committee on Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship
Senate of the Philippines 20th Congress
History
New session started	July 28, 2025 (2025-07-28)
Leadership
Chair	Rodante Marcoleta (Independent) since July 29, 2025 (2025-07-29)
Structure
Seats	11
Political groups	Majority (9)   Nacionalista (3)   NPC (2)   PDP (2)   Liberal (1)   Independent (1) Minority (2)   NPC (1)   Independent (1)

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

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
• The Department of Trade and Industry
• The Optical Media Board
• The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines
• The Securities and Exchange Commission
• The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Investment and Economic Affairs

Members, 20th Congress

Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship has 11 members.

Position	Member [2]	Party
Chairperson	Rodante Marcoleta [a]		Independent
Vice Chairperson	Francis Pangilinan		Liberal
Deputy Majority Leader	JV Ejercito		NPC
Members for the Majority	Pia Cayetano		Nacionalista
	Ronald dela Rosa		PDP
	Win Gatchalian		NPC
	Bong Go		PDP
	Imee Marcos		Nacionalista
	Mark Villar		Nacionalista
Deputy Minority Leader	Migz Zubiri		Independent
Member for the Minority	Loren Legarda		NPC

Ex officio members:

• Senate President pro tempore Jinggoy Estrada
• Majority Floor Leader Joel Villanueva
• Minority Floor Leader Tito Sotto

Committee secretary:Vacant

Historical membership rosters

18th Congress

Position	Member [3]	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

Notes

1. Also serving as the deputy majority leader alongside JV Ejercito (NPC).

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 - 20th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines . Retrieved 20 August 2025.
3. "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.