10-pt economic agenda at risk from foreign policy

Private think tank Stratbase-ADR Institute (ADRi) for Strategic and International Studies on Wednesday warned that the Duterte administration’s “independent” foreign policy could derail its own 10-point economic agenda.

ADRi President Victor Andres Manhit said President Rodrigo Duterte’s foreign policy is alienating major economic partners and creating an “unwelcoming” environment to foreign investors. This “independent” foreign policy seems to realign the Philippines’ friendships with other countries, Manhit said during an ADRi forum.