Manila, July 15 -- Last June, a friend of mine was visiting Baguio with his family when a vendor approached them, offering what were labeled as "Sagada oranges." The uniform size and color of the fruits, clearly imported from China, did not surprise him. Having worked on coffee farms in Sagada for nearly a decade, he immediately recognized the deception. He knew that Sagada's orange season typically runs from November to February, making it impossible for the fruits being sold in June to have come from there.In September 2020, the Municipal Council of Sagada passed a resolution urging the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines to require the consent of the Sagada local government befor...