China, Philippines agree to cooperate on 30 projects worth $3.7 billion

China, Philippines agree to cooperate on 30 projects worth $3.7 billion
Reuters ^ | January 23, 2017 | Benjamin Kang Lim

Posted on 01/23/2017 9:17:15 AM PST by C19fan

China has agreed to cooperate with the Philippines on 30 projects worth $3.7 billion focusing on poverty reduction, the two countries said after a meeting in Beijing on Monday.

Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng announced the deals without giving details, saying it was an "initial batch" of projects that still needed to be finalised and paperwork still needed to be processed by the banks involved.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: china; obamalegacy; philippines

So much for Obama's Asian Pivot.

1 posted on 01/23/2017 9:17:15 AM PST by C19fan

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To: C19fan

Trump’s Fault

2 posted on 01/23/2017 9:19:49 AM PST by nikos1121 (We are about to see The Golden Age of Pericles in the new Trump Administration.)

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3 posted on 01/23/2017 9:31:36 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)

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After Friday, Duterte may want to rethink his path.

4 posted on 01/23/2017 3:26:46 PM PST by Jack Hammer

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