MALACAÑANG on Easter Sunday shrugged off reports on China’s alleded destruction of 35 tons of bananas exported by the Philippines, saying the quantity of the goods involved was “too small.”

In an interview over state-run Radyo ng Bayan, Palace Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said the incident, if true, will not affect the sound trade relations between Manila and Beijing.

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