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China looks to expand trade ties during Duterte visit
CHINA was looking to expand trade with the Philippines during President Rodrigo Duterte's visit this week, said a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, Reuters reports.
President Duterte will travel with at least 200 business leaders during his four-day trip, which may change relations now fraught with rival territorial claims in the South China Sea.
The move to engage the Philippines just a few months after an arbitral ruling against China in the disputed waters sparked fears in the region of a backlash by Beijing.
China has welcomed the shift in tone, which has put Manila's relations with Washington under strain.
Commerce Ministry spokesman Shen Danyang said China's tropical fruit imports from the Philippines was one area of trade the two sides would look to expand during the visit.
Beijing has refused to recognise the case and has chided any country telling it to abide by the ruling.
China's official Xinhua news agency said in a commentary that the verdict had no place in negotiations, but that years of "bad blood" was giving way to "good faith".
President Duterte will travel with at least 200 business leaders during his four-day trip, which may change relations now fraught with rival territorial claims in the South China Sea.
The move to engage the Philippines just a few months after an arbitral ruling against China in the disputed waters sparked fears in the region of a backlash by Beijing.
China has welcomed the shift in tone, which has put Manila's relations with Washington under strain.
Commerce Ministry spokesman Shen Danyang said China's tropical fruit imports from the Philippines was one area of trade the two sides would look to expand during the visit.
Beijing has refused to recognise the case and has chided any country telling it to abide by the ruling.
China's official Xinhua news agency said in a commentary that the verdict had no place in negotiations, but that years of "bad blood" was giving way to "good faith".
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