Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro says he doesn't expect U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s next administration will demand the Philippines pay more for military protection because both allies face the shared threat of China. Teodoro was speaking at a news conference with Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles on Tuesday.
Australia n Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, left, shakes hands with Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. during the inaugural Australia - Philippines Defence Ministers’ Meeting at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. said Tuesday that he didn’t expect President-elect Donald Trump ’s next administration would demand that the Philippines pay more for military protection because both allies faced the shared threat of China .
“We have an interest, both the United States and the Philippines, in ensuring that our partnership continues because — not totally, but principally — ... of shared threats. And that is undoubtedly the overreach and the aggressive and illegal activities of China,” he added. Marles said that Australia had been confident that regardless of the U.S. presidential election outcome, Australia’s alliance with Washington would remain in “good shape.
Confrontations between Chinese and Philippine coast guard and naval forces in the disputed sea passage have spiked alarmingly since last year. That has sparked fears that the United States — Manila’s longtime treaty ally — may get drawn in a major conflict. The laws, called the Philippine Maritime Zones Act and the Philippine Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act, were signed by Marcos in a nationally televised ceremony attended by top military and national security officials. They further cement Manila’s rejection of China’s claims to virtually the entire sea passage, and stipulate jail terms and stiff fines for violators.
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