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The myth of PH-US special relations

We have long nurtured the illusion that, because history once bound our fates, the United States and the Philippines share a ...
The country has been gradually expanding military cooperation with the U.S., Japan, and Beijing-claimed Taiwan.
Under a 2014 deal, called the Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement, or EDCA, the U.S. military has access to Philippine ...
US President Donald Trump agreed Tuesday to reduce threatened tariffs on the Philippines, but only by one percentage point, ...
US PRESIDENT Donald J. Trump might have placed little emphasis on Washington’s decades-old alliance with the Philippines when ...
THE Philippine Council for Foreign Relations (PCFR) was established on July 9, 1985. Its 15 incorporators and charter members ...
The US Department of State on Wednesday announced at least P3 billion ($60 million) in foreign assistance funding for the ...
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Trade deal cuts US tariffs by only 1%

UNITED States President Donald Trump agreed Tuesday to cut tariffs on goods imported from the Philippines, but only by 1 percentage point, from 20 percent to 19 percent, in exchange for zero tariffs ...
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 19% tariff on Philippine goods following a visit by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to the White House. The bilateral trade agreement entailed zero tariffs on U.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr will visit the United States next week with a clear message to President Donald ...
The Typhon missile system's deployment in the region has frustrated China, which has said its presence "incites geopolitical ...
Manila’s significant shift could pave the way for the Philippines, an American treaty ally, to play a bigger role in regional ...