Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is meeting with President Biden on Monday, kicking off a week’s worth of high-level engagements that mark a sharp turnaround in a relationship that has emerged from the deep freeze in a surprisingly short time.
. The move is aimed at helping the Philippines better defend its own waters and become a more capable partner in deterring China in the South China Sea.
To that end, the Biden administration this week is unveiling some high-level meetings and initiatives. They include sending a presidential trade and investment mission to the Philippines that will be led by a top Commerce Department official. On Wednesday, Marcos and his economic minister and aides are meeting with executives from at least a dozen American firms in the energy, banking, health-care, retail, insurance and digital technology industries.
“The rise of Chinese coercion in the South China Sea changed this and has made the Philippines understand for the first time in a long time that they face an external threat and that the mutual defense treaty is worth implementing,” he said. “For its part, the United States seems to realize that unlike during the Cold War, they need to make the treaty actually mutual. The Philippines has to be a partner, not just a place whose bases we can use.”In general, residents of the Philippines, once a U.
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