President Trump said in a post online this afternoon that Marcos agreed to remove tariffs on all U.S. imports and that the U.S. would impose a 19 percent tariff on Philippines goods. I just mentioned how the U.S. has expanded defense cooperation across the Pacific, including exercising recently on a base in the Philippines that is basically closer to Taiwan than it is to Manila. Whether or not we do so militarily is a political decision, but we want to be in position, and the Philippines is key to that.
Author: Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi
Published at: 2025-07-22 22:45:12
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