Philippines denies lifting tariffs on US farm imports
Trade deal details still in flux despite White House visit
24 July 2025
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By: The Philippines has not removed tariffs on imports from the United States of corn, rice, sugar, fish, pork, and chicken, Reuters reported, a senior economic and trade adviser to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Thursday.
Frederick Go, Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs, said in a briefing that the details of a deal with the United States are still being finalised by a technical working group.
President Donald Trump announced a new 19% tariff rate for goods from the Philippines on Tuesday after what he called a "beautiful visit" to the White House by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., and said US goods shipped into the Philippines would pay zero tariffs.
