"The Philippines is being economically bullied and our officials are responding with supplication. Subservience isn’t strategy – sovereignty is."

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"The US is raising its tariffs to protect its industries while the Philippines is rushing to Washington to negotiate opening up our economy even more.

This isn't negotiation but capitulation."

Related: ibon.org/the-art-of-the-bad-deal

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"The Filipino people strive for true economic and political independence - freedom from great power rivalry abroad but also from corruption, poverty and inequality at home."

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