CONTRARY to a claim by former president Benigno Aquino 3rd, the Philippines is not falling into China’s debt trap, the country's chief economist said on Thursday.
In a press conference in Malacañang, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia stressed that the Duterte administration has "not yet signed any loan agreement with China except oral commit-ments or some written memoranda of understanding."
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