MALACAÑANG on Monday insisted the Duterte administration did not give up any territory to China, after a UP maritime law expert said the Philippines was “trading away too much, too early and too soon in dealing with China.”

“On the contrary, we have upheld our national interest and produced tangible benefits for our people in pursuing friendly and mutually beneficial ties with China,” Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said.

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