Inyang 1987 inagkat neng President Corazon Aquino bang maki-anib keng gobyernu bilang Assistant Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry. Meging yang Undersecretary kaibat ning aduang banua. Kayagnan na nita, meging yang Executive Director of the Garments and Textile Export Board, y Arroyo ikit na ing mabilis a pamagluid ning garment industry inyang 1980s.