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    • US, Vietnam warn China on SCS 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, September 12, 2023, on page A2)
      The United States and Vietnam warned on Monday against the “threat or use of force” in the disputed South China Sea, days after the latest clash involving Chinese vessels. President Joe Biden and Vietnam’s Communist Party ...
    • US, Vietnam warn vs use of force 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, September 12, 2023, on page A1-A8)
      The United States and Vietnam warned on Monday against the “threat or use of force” in the disputed South China Sea, days after the latest clash involving Chinese vessels. President Joe Biden and Vietnam’s Communist Party ...
    • US-Asean agri-food trade: who is faring better? 

      Dy, Rolando T. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 5, 2015, on page B2-6)
      The United States is one of the largest trade partners of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. In agri-food products, the total two-way trade in 2013 was $29 billion: $10.2 billion of US exports and $18.8 billion ...
    • US-BFAR partner to improve fish production in the Visayas 

      Mabasa, Roy C. (Manila Bulletin, November 21, 2018, on page 1-12)
      The United States government and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) have jointly launched “Fish Right,” a P1.3 billion five-year sustainable fisheries project aimed to increase fish biomass and strengthen ...
    • US-China debate over militarization of South China Sea 

      Valencia, Mark (DailyGuardian, March 31, 2022, on page 4)
      The commander of all US Indo-Pacific forces, Admiral John Aquilino, has accused China of “fully militarizing three features in the South China Sea,” Mischief, Subi and Fiery Cross reefs. He did so while on board a US ...
    • US-China rivalry takes Apec center stage 

      Doronila, Amando (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 20, 2015, on page A17)
      On the official agenda, global free trade was the headline of the summit of the leaders of 21 member-economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in Manila this week. But the rivalry of the region’s superpowers—the ...
    • US-China tensions in disputed sea escalate with ballistic missile tests 

      Bloomberg News (BusinessMirror, August 28, 2020, on page B4)
      UnitedStates-China tensions over the South China Sea escalated on Wednesday, with Beijing firing four missiles into the waters around the same time as the Trump administration took action against Chinese companies that ...
    • US-PH $25-million fisheries partnership launched in Iloilo 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, November 28, 2018, on page 4)
      To promote sustainable fisheries, a partnership program between the United States and Philippine governments was launched here recently. The $25-million Fish Right program will be implemented over a period of five years ...
    • US-PH deal to help conserve biodiversity 

      (Manila Bulletin, March 9, 2018, on page B-9)
      The US government, through the US Embassy in the Philippines’ United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has partnered with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to launch a new ...
    • US: China expanding outposts in disputed sea 

      Associated Press (AP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 28, 2015, on page A2)
      China is expanding its outposts in the South China Sea to include stationing for ships and potential airfields as part of its "aggressive" effort to exert sovereignty, the US intelligence chief said. Director of National ...
    • US: China finishing 'missile' structures on reefs 

      Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, February 23, 2017, on page 5)
      China, in an early test of U.S. President Donald Trump, has nearly finished building almost two dozen structures on artificial islands in the South China Sea that appear designed to house long-range surface-to-air missiles, ...
    • US: China has mobile artillery on reclaimed isle 

      Katigbak, Jose (The Philippine Star, May 30, 2015, on page 12)
      The United States said yesterday China had placed mobile artillery weapons systems on a reclaimed island in the disputed South China Sea, a development that Republican Sen. John McCain called “disturbing and escalatory.” ...
    • US: China most flagrant UNCLOS violator 

      (The Philippine Star, September 7, 2020, on page 1-4)
      A United States official has accused China of being the most “flagrant” violator of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), with an “intensifying” bullying pattern evident in the South China Sea and ...
    • US: China pushing sea claims amid COVID-19 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 7, 2020, on page A5)
      China is using the coronavirus as a cover to push territorial claims in the South China Sea through a surge in naval activity meant to intimidate other countries that claim the waters, the commander of US Forces in Japan ...
    • US: China's South China Sea buildings could house missiles 

      Reuters (Malaya, February 23, 2017, on page B1-B6)
      China, in an early test of US President Donald Trump, has nearly finished building almost two dozen structures on artificial islands in the South China Sea that appear designed to house long-range surface-to-air missiles, ...
    • US: Chinese balloon sensor recovered from ocean 

      (The Philippine Star, February 15, 2023, on page 9)
      The US military said on Monday it had recovered critical electronics from the suspected Chinese spy balloon downed by a US fighter jet off South Carolina's coast on Feb. 4, including key sensors presumably used for ...
    • US: Improved China ties can't replace Phl-US alliance 

      Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, November 28, 2018, on page 12)
      In the same interview, Kim said China’s aggressive and unilateral actions in the South China Sea have a “very direct effect” on the sovereignty and interest of the Philippines. The US raised concern over China’s aggressive ...
    • US: SCS ruling legally bining on China, Phl 

      Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, July 15, 2019, on page 4)
      The United States underscored the United Nations arbitral tribunal’s 2016 decision invalidating China’s nine-dash line claim in the South China Sea is “final” and “legally binding,” as Washington strongly opposed Beijing’s ...
    • US: Sea reclamation can lead to conflict 

      Reuters (The Philippine Star, May 22, 2015, on page 1-11)
      China’s land reclamation around reefs in the disputed South China Sea is undermining freedom and stability, and risks provoking tension that could even lead to conflict, US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken told a ...
    • US: Washington remains committed to SCS issue 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Punongbayan, Michael (The Philippine Star, May 18, 2018, on page 10)
      Following a warning by the head of the US Pacific Command that China had reached the tipping point in its control over the West Philippine Sea, the United States on Wednesday declared that it is committed and remains ...