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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will be visiting Washington, U.S. State Secretary Marco Rubio said on Thursday, July 10, during the ASEAN Ministerial meeting in Malaysia.

Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/marcos-visiting-washington-in-few-days/

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00:00President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will be visiting Washington, U.S. State Secretary Marco Rubio said
00:06on Thursday, July 10, during the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Malaysia.
00:11Malacanang confirmed this, saying the trip will be from July 20 to 22.
00:16Philippine Ambassador to the U.S. Babe Romualdez said Marcos and his delegation will try to
00:20negotiate for lower tariffs on Philippine goods. The delegation will include trade officials.
00:26The announcement came soon after U.S. President Donald Trump raised tariffs on goods from the
00:30Philippines. On Thursday, July 10, Trump announced a 20% tariff on Philippine products entering the U.S.,
00:37which is higher than the previous rate of 17%. In Malaysia, Rubio met with Philippine Foreign
00:42Secretary Maria Teresa Lazaro and Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi. The Department of Foreign
00:48Affairs said the three officials talked about strengthening security cooperation with a focus
00:52on the South China Sea.

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