Trade relations between the Philippines and the United States remain healthy despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s outbursts against Washington, economists told The Manila Times.

“If the foreign relations are leaning towards China—away from the US—in trade, I don’t think that’s happening,” said Ramon Clarete, a University of the Philippines professor specializing in multilateral trade policy and international economics

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