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Releases from the Philippine Embassy in Washington DC and the US State Department both try to highlight trade and investment as Blinken’s main agenda. It makes sense, especially since the visit is sandwiched by US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo’s visit to Manila for a trade mission, and the US-led Indo-Pacific Business Forum, which Manila will be co-hosting for the first time.
The US is the Philippines’ only treaty-ally, with whom it also has standing agreements to govern visiting forces and the use of military bases. Several high-ranking American officials of the Biden administration have been to Manila. Aside from Blinken and Raimondo, Vice President Kamala Harris and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin have all made visits to the Philippine capital since Marcos took office.
The three foreign affairs chiefs have met before, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September 2023. Marcos has also met with Kishida and Harris on the sidelines of a summit in Jakarta back in 2023.
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