MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines has not removed tariffs on imports from the United States of corn, rice, sugar, fish, pork, and chicken, 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.
U.S. 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 U.S. goods shipped into the Philippines would pay zero tariffs.
(Reporting by Mikhail Flores; Editing by David Stanway)
