ONGOING trade tensions between the United States and China took its toll on Philippine trading, with exports dipping by 3.1 percent in the first quarter of 2019, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said on Thursday.
In a statement, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said “negative sentiments brought [about] by the US-China trade war” were affecting the country, since both Washington and Beijing were its top trading partners.
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