THE Philippines could end up "more directly in the line of fire" as US President Donald Trump prepares to impose new reciprocal tariffs and sector-specific duties next week, Maybank Research said in a new report.
The impending measures, particularly the reciprocal tariffs that will be tailored to individual trading partners, "will change the relative rankings in terms of vulnerability" for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), the research unit of the Maybank Investment Banking Group said last Friday.
