Citing what he described as Washington’s “trade disparity” with Manila, Trump’s decision to slap a 20 percent tariff on Philippine exports to the US prompted the Marcos administration to pursue negotiations aimed at forging a bilateral economic deal. “Starting on August 1, 2025, we will charge the Philippines a tariff of only 20 percent on any and all Philippine products sent to the United States, separate from all sectoral tariffs. Goods transshipped to evade a higher tariff will be subject to that higher tariff,” Trump said in the letter dated July 9.
Actually, na mislead ka ng headline sa conclusion mo. Although mas mataas sa April forecast ang tariff sa PH, mas mababa parin yan relative sa ibang SEA countries.
Considering na 3 years lng ang presidency ng US, many companies are just waiting out Trumps term then they will go back to usual importing. Ang problema kasi ng US, msyadong mataas ang standard of living ng workers nila kaya hindi sila maka compete sa world market, and majority ng mga unique skills nila ngayon kaya na gawin ng AI. This is just a desperate move to bring back manufacturing sa US soil, pero malabo ang success nito dahil napakamahal ng goods nila. They just basically survived using patents, pero pag n expire mga un, US is doomed.
Marami kasi students ngayon aim for trade schools para immune daw sa AI ang jobs nila, just to find out limited ang available jobs dito.
it’s not about how the tariff ranks within the SEA boss, it is about the fact na nag increase which is equivalent to 1.9 billion worth of loss in our exports
Sure, that is what the article was about. I was addressing your comment implying na ung pagpataw ng tarriff has something to do with the PH-US relationship, when the tariffs really targetted to particular products that has strong dependencies to chinese raw materials.
Dont get me wrong. As a US consumer, I hate tariffs too, dahil kami nmn ang talo sa mga batas na yan, not the importing businesses. Philippines can do the same at ang tatamaan nyan ay ung mga mayayaman na consumers dahil mostly ng imports natin sa US ay luxury items.
Hindi ko maintindihan bakit ung mga terminology mo ay parang exaggerated at papunta sa toxic na usapan. Tariff is not about alliance, it is merely an economical decision to decrease dependence on Chinese product, with the hope of resurrecting the dead manufacturing sector ng US. Wala silang pake sa kung sino nakaupo sa Pinas.
That said, hindi ba natural na makipag negotiate and subjects ng tariff na ito? Bakit kailangan mo iframe na “nagmamakaawa” at ano kinalaman ng nalalapit na SONA? Seems to me may story k na sa isip mo na gusto mo paniwalaan bago pumasok sa discussion na ito.
anu ba ang nagiging leverage during a negotiation bossing? hindi ba’t ang bilateral relations pa rin? at naniniwala ka na hindi ang US-China relations ang dahilan ng pagpataw ng US ng tariff against China?
READ: U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a tariff cut for the Philippines from 20% to 19% on his Truth Social account. However, he said the US will get “zero tariffs.” | via Sandra Aguinaldo/GMA Integrated News
COURTESY: U.S. President Donald Trump/Truth Social
