WASHINGTON - United States President Joe Biden said on Monday (Washington time) that he would send a trade and investment mission to the Philippines.
“We’re gonna announce today that I’m sending a first-of-its-kind presidential trade and investment mission to the Philippines,” Biden said.
The leaders also announced that the United States and the Philippines will co-host the 2024 Indo-Pacific Business Forum – the United States’ marquee commercial event in the region – in Manila. "Additionally, the two countries will pursue engagements with stakeholders, including in the business and social sectors, regarding opportunities to enhance bilateral economic engagement in a manner that is worker-centered, sustainability-driven, fair, and transparent, focusing on sectors in which it is critical to develop resilient supply chains and in which significant and meaningful economic value-added and employment can be generated in the United States and the Philippines," it...
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