PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will allow Chinese companies to participate in infrastructure projects in the Philippines even if they are blacklisted by...
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will allow Chinese companies to participate in infrastructure projects in the Philippines even if they are blacklisted by the United States, his spokesman said Tuesday.
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said Duterte told Cabinet officials that the US government can enforce its blacklists of Chinese companies in American territory, but “he would not follow the directives of the Americans because we are a free and independent nation and we need investors from China.
Duterte has been one of the most vocal critics in Asia of US security policies and has nurtured closer ties with Russia and China, where he has sought more trade and investment and infrastructure funds since coming to office in mid-2016. The Chinese government cannot be allowed to use the China Communications Construction Co. or other state-owned businesses “as weapons to impose an expansionist agenda,” Pompeo said.
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