The Philippines could lose the gains it achieved in the international arbitral ruling on the South China Sea should it push raising the issue before the United Nations General Assembly next month, Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said. Locsin underscored that Manila already won the award and that bringing the claims to the international body risked its reopening. This is amid the escalating tensions in the region in the wake of the trade war between the United States and China, as the US said Friday it will ban Chinese companies taking part in any Chinese developments in the South China Sea—and Locsin said the Philippines should follow suit.

Locsin nixes SCS push with UN: Says PH could lose gains of sea award by raising issue with world body. (2020, August 30). Manila Standard, p. A1.